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Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient-Researcher Partnership Platform within the Canadian National Transplant Research Program: The First Year Experience

    M-.C. Fortin,2,3,6 S. Bédard,1,2 J. Allard,2,3 F. Ballesteros,2,3 S. Anthony,2,4,5 A. Boivin,1,3 A. Lespérance,1,3 D. Hartell.2

    1Centre of Excellence for Partnership with Patients and the Public, Montreal, Canada; 2Canadian National Transplant Research Program, Ottawa, Canada; 3Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Montreal, Canada; 4Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 5The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; 6Transplant and Nephrology Division, Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

    Background: Patients have unique expertise in the diseases they deal with. The Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP) is a research initiative that aims to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Depressive Symptoms, Medication Nonadherence, and Clinical Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation

    M. C. Chu,1 P. J. Smith,2 G. L. Stonerock,2 J. A. Blumenthal.2

    1Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore; 2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

    Background:Elevated depressive symptoms have been associated with worse clinical outcomes following lung transplantation, including mortality. Few studies, however, have examined the mechanisms or clinical correlates…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy of At-Home Transplant Education on Transplant Knowledge and Pursuit in Low-Income and Black Dialysis Patients with Varying Educational Characteristics

    A. Waterman,1,2 J. Peipert,1,2 J. Beaumont.2

    1Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    The Explore Transplant @ Home (ETH) randomized controlled trial assessed the efficacy of two supplementary education strategies for kidney transplant (KT) in dialysis centers: 1)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Experiences, Perceptions, and Concerns about Successful Aging among KT Candidates and Recipients

    F. Warsame, S. Rasmussen, A. Eno, A. Mountford, C. Haugen, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev.

    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: In the context of a growing number of older ESRD patients, we aimed to understand experiences, perceptions, and concerns about successful aging (SA) among…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of an Organ Procurement Experience on Preclinical Medical Student Perceptions of Transplant Surgery

    M. Feinstein, S. Marcus, D. Amara, B. Durcanova, G. Roll, B. Orandi.

    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.

    PurposeTo evaluate the effect of an Organ Procurement Experience elective on preclinical medical students' perceptions regarding Transplant Surgery.Material and MethodsOver one year, preclinical medical students'…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers and Disparities in Listing for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant

    E. A. Steinberg,1 C. Buchanan,1 M. Wachs,1 S. Schmiege.2

    1Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.

    Purpose The WHO recommends equitable access to transplant, yet disparities in listing based on gender, race, and education exist in adults. There is little research…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Exercise Rehabilitation's Effect on Employment and School Rates in Kidney Transplant Patients

    A. Kastelz,1,2 C. Di Bella,1 I. Tzvetanov,1 B. Fernhall,2 L. Gallon,3 G. Hachaj,4 E. Benedetti.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Integrative Physiology Lab, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 3Internal Medicine Nephrology, Northwestern Medical Group, Chicago, IL; 4GH FitLab, Chicago, IL.

    Unemployment after kidney transplant is common and creates a heavy reliance on public aid. While the exact reason for low employment rates is unknown, patients…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Psychosocial Variables on Renal Allograft Rejection Risk: A Multivariate Analysis

    D. Chernobylsky, K. Carsky, C. McDermott, P. Ferrin, R. Fernandez, I. Gaines, M. Killackey, R. Zhang, A. Paramesh, J. Buell.

    Transplant Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

    Transplant-specific risk factors for rejection are well documented, yet psychosocial variable correlation with rejection risk is not; this analysis seeks to determine the relationship between…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Psychosocial Factors Affecting Recipients of Vascular Composite Allotransplantation

    S. Rasmussen, M. Henderson, C. Cooney, J. Shores, W. Lee, D. Segev, G. Brandacher.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    Background: While vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is an increasingly successful therapy, medication non-adherence appears to be an important cause of graft loss. Psychosocial factors predict…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    At-Home Transplant Education Increases Black and Low-Income Dialysis Patients' Transplant Knowledge, Attitudes, Informed Decision-Making, and Pursuit: An Explore Transplant @ Home Randomized Controlled Trial.

    A. Waterman,1 J. Peipert,1 A.-M. McSorley,1 C. Goalby,1 L. Peace.2

    1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Missouri Kidney Program, Columbia, MO

    Black and low-income dialysis patients, who face greater barriers to kidney transplant (KT), may need additional educational support. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) assessed the…
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