2016 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Psychological Outcomes of Living Liver Donors.
Background: Living liver donors (LLD) are healthy adults donating a portion of their liver to a recipient in need. To justify the risk to LLD,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Social Support Does Not Predict Medication Adherence Post-Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of social…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Social Support on Feelings of Powerlessness and Attitudes Towards the Kidney Transplant in Long-Term Inner City Recipients.
Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Psychosocial factors play an important role in the post-transplant period, affecting adherence and quality of life. We investigated the relationships between social support, attitude towards…2016 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Based on Self Reports in Kidney Allograft Recipients: Baseline Findings from the PRIMA (ImPRoving Adherence to Immunosuppressive Therapy by Mobile Internet Application) Study.
Background. We have assessed the prevalence of medication nonadherence after kidney transplantation and investigated its psychosocial correlates, as a part of the PRIMA study, an…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Associations Between Clinical and Psychosocial Risk Factors and Adverse Post-Transplant Events in High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) require a complex medical regimen in the post-transplant period that can be difficult to navigate and if not followed, significant complications…2016 American Transplant Congress
American and European Transplant Surgeons: Research, Teaching, and Burnout.
Purpose: Examine whether location or research/teaching demands impacts burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment).Method: Cross-sectional survey of American (US) and European (EU) organ transplant surgeons.Results:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Cognitive and Social Requirements Prior to Listing for Liver Transplant.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Guidelines for liver transplant candidates outline increased engagement of social supports in the context of patient cognitive impairments. However, there is little direction when limitations…2016 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Education Increases Wait-Listing Rates in Dialysis Centers with Supportive Administration and Knowledgeable Staff.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO.
While educating dialysis patients about transplant increases its pursuit and receipt, there is variation in educational practices that affects wait-listing rates. There are also dialysis…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Social Support Predict Clinical Outcomes Post-Transplantation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
1Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; 2Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and medication nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Comprehensive Transplant Education at U.S. For-Profit Dialysis Centers and Associations with Waitlist Access.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that dialysis patients be informed of their transplant options. Compared to non-profit dialysis centers, for-profit centers…
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