Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlation between Self-Reported Medication Adherence and Side Effects in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients
T. Harrison¹, N. Patel¹, H. Corbo¹, K. Foster¹, H. Meadows¹, N. Pilch¹, C. Perez¹, J. Fleming¹, D. Judge², L. Paoletti³, D. Taber¹
¹Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence (MNA) is a major risk factor for acute rejection and graft loss. It is unclear how medication side effects (SE) and perceived…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients Evaluated for Kidney Transplant
H. Wesselman¹, S. Wang², C. J. Chang², J. R. Pleis³, K. Kendall², E. Croswell², M. Dew², M. L. Unruh⁴, R. Shapiro⁵, L. Myaskovsky⁴
¹University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Non-Hispanic African Americans (AA) have a higher incidence of ESRD but lower rates of kidney transplant (KT), and poorer quality of life (QOL) compared…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Beyond Medication Education: Opportunities for Improvement in Health Education of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Y. J. Bababekov, Y. Hsu, C. G. Rickert, Y. Hung, J. A. Fishman, J. F. Markmann, L. Dageforde, D. C. Chang, H. Yeh
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: As immunosuppressive medications are crucial to graft and patient survival, transplant centers dedicate significant resources to medication education. However, patient outcomes also depend on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of the mDOT Platform for Immunosuppression Adherence in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Langlee, L. Lees, A. Saha, D. Helfer, M. Waldram, A. Love, F. Rivera, A. Massie, D. Segev, D. Brennan, M. Henderson
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The leading predictor of rejection, de novo DSA, graft loss, and death among adult kidney transplant (KT) recipients is immunosuppressive medication nonadherence. An estimated…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Rates and Relation to Health Beliefs in Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs)
Y. Akivis, J. Leong, I. Rosenstein, A. Myrie, M. Moy, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Prophylaxis against viral and bacterial infections as outlined by guidelines issued by the 2013 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guideline for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Natural Evolution Of Tacrolimus Intra-patient Variability Among Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Zheng, S. Tremblay, N. S. Ejaz, N. K. Wilson, K. Hoffman, T. Kaur, M. Anand, E. S. Woodle, R. R. Alloway, T. E. Kaiser
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: High tacrolimus (TAC) intra-patient variability (IPV) has been correlated with negative outcomes post renal transplant (RT). The natural evolution of TAC IPV remains uncharacterized…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Health Literacy with Physical and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life in Organ Transplant Candidates
K. Chapin¹, S. Rega¹, L. Dageforde², D. Moore¹, M. Via¹, I. D. Feurer¹
¹Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This study aimed to determine the association of health literacy with pre-transplant health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults evaluated for potential listing for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Pregnancy Experiences of Uterus Transplant Recipients
A. E. Wall, L. Johannesson, G. Testa, A. Warren
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the pregnancy experiences of uterus transplant recipients through semi-structured interviews so as to develop a better…
2019 American Transplant Congress
African American Living Kidney Donors’ Perceptions of APOL1 Genetic Testing and Its Impact on Ethnic Identity
E. J. Gordon¹, D. Amortegui¹, C. Wicklund¹, J. Friedewald¹, R. Sharp²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants may contribute to live kidney donors’ (“donors”) kidney failure post-donation. Because professional guidelines suggest informing potential donors with African…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Post-transplant Weight Gain In Inner-city Kidney Transplant Recipients (ktrs) Does Not Remit And Is Associated With Poor Food Quality, Stress And Anxiety.
A. Myrie, J. Leong, J. Fazli, Y. Akivis, C. Wilson, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Weight gain is a significant issue in the post-transplant period and can contribute to morbidity and development or worsening of diabetes and hypertension. Some…