Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Patients' Experiences Towards Their Immunosuppressive Treatment: A Way to Improve Adherence.
C. Villeneuve,^1,2 M. Grau,¹ M. Essig,^2,3 S. Hegarat,³ J. Zoughbi,³ P. Marquet,^1,2 C. Monchaud.^1,2
¹Service of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacovigilance, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France; ²INSERM UMR850, INSERM, Limoges, France; ³Service of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
In transplantation, low therapeutic adherence is associated with an increased risk of rejection, chronic allograft dysfunction and graft loss. Improving adherence necessitates identifying its barriers,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Support for Living Kidney Donors: Insights from a Prospective Study.
D. Dobosz,¹ C. Thiessen,¹ S. Li,¹ K. Yu,¹ J. Gannon,¹ K. Kennedy,³ D. Gray,² A. Mussell,² P. Reese,² E. Gordon,³ S. Kulkarni.¹
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Northwestern U, Chicago
PurposeTo assess how potential living kidney donors (LKDs) perceived support from the transplant team and areas for improvement.MethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of individuals…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Test of the "Individualized Self-Management Training in Adolescent/Young Adult Recipients of Transplantation (iSTART)" Program.
E. Fredericks, S. Eder, D. Egleston, W. Newhouse, D. O'Reilly, G. Freed, J. Magee, K. Resnicow.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Objective: To pilot test the feasibility and impact of the iSTART program on medication adherence, quality of life, and medication barriers among adolescent/young adult (AYA)…
2017 American Transplant Congress
How Potential Living Kidney Donors (LKDs) View ESRD Risk: A Multi-Center Study.
C. Thiessen,¹ G. Gannon,¹ D. Gray,² K. Kennedy,³ D. Dobosz,¹ S. Li,¹ K. Yu,¹ A. Mussell,² E. Gordon,³ P. Reese,² S. Kulkarni.¹
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Northwestern U, Chicago
PurposeTo determine how kidney donors view ESRD risk at initial donor evaluation.MethodsWe conducted a longitudinal, prospective study of LKDs at three centers and report results…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Self-Care Among Liver Transplant Candidates.
J. Wedd, J. Gander, K. Smith, S. Mujtaba, R. Subramanian, R. Parker, C. Reilly, R. Patzer.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: Liver transplantation evaluation is demanding on liver transplant candidates. Self-care skills are essential for successful progression through the transplantation process. Self-care difference may explain…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Expectations and Experiences of Follow-Up and Self-Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Focus Group Study.
K. Manera,^1,2 C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Chapman,³ J. Kanellis,^4,5 J. Gill,⁶ J. Craig,^1,2 S. Chadban,^7,8 G. Wong,^1,2,3 A. Ralph,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia; ⁵Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia; ⁶Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; ⁷Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Background: Ensuring donor wellbeing warrants ongoing monitoring following living kidney donation. However, there is considerable variability in donor follow up processes, including information provided to…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Non-Medical Factors Contributing to Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplant Wait-Listing.
Y.-H. Ng,¹ S. Pankratz,¹ K. Bornemann,² E. Croswell,² J. Pleis,² R. Shapiro,³ M. Unruh,¹ L. Myaskovsky.²
¹Medicine, Nephrology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Background: African American (AA) and other minorities (OM) are known to have disproportionately higher incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) but lower rates of kidney…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Perceived Legitimacy of Using Social Support for Transplant Eligibility: Results from a National Survey of Transplant Clinicians.
K. Ladin,¹ E. Gordon,² Z. Butt,² T. Lavelle,¹ N. Daniels,³ D. Hanto.⁴
¹Tufts University, Medford, MA; ²Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago; ³Harvard University, Boston; ⁴Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville
Background: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that social support be used to determine transplant eligibility, guidance is vague. Centers vary significantly…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Ethnicity and Transplant Knowledge Among Canadian ESKD Patients.
D. Wong,¹ H. Ford,¹ C. Lok,¹ G. Nesrallah,² J. Peipert,³ C. Richardson,¹ A. Waterman,³ M. Novak,¹ I. Mucsi.¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Humber River Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background:Living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) offers improved life expectancy and better quality of life compared to deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) or dialysis. African and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Kidney Donors (LKD) Concerns About Opting Out and Preferences for an 'Alibi'.
K. Yu,¹ C. Thiessen,¹ S. Li,¹ D. Dobosz,¹ J. Gannon,¹ K. Kennedy,² D. Gray,³ A. Mussell,³ P. Reese,³ S. Kulkarni,¹ E. Gordon.²
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²Northwestern U, Chicago; ³U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia
PurposeTo evaluate potential LKDs comfort discussing opting out with their intended recipient (IR) and preferences for alibisMethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of potential LKDs…