2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplant in the Pediatric Population.
Objective:A shift from living donor transplants to deceased donor transplants has been noted nationwide and is more prominent at some centers than others. Our objective…2016 American Transplant Congress
In Their Own Words: Living Kidney Donors Who Develop Kidney Failure.
Background: Psychosocial data about living kidney donation have been collected for almost five decades. The results are almost uniformly positive, even in the early years…2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool to Identify Risk in Families of Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Although families of pediatric liver transplant recipients have documented psychosocial needs, the systematic identification of needs and delivery of evidence-based care remain challenging. This…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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Why Patients Are Unwilling to Ask for a Living Donor: A Mixed Methods Study
Multiple studies find that kidney patients are uncomfortable asking potential living donors to donate, but less is known about the specific reasons why not. This…2015 American Transplant Congress
Quantifying Altruism in Kidney Donors: How Good Are the Current Scales?
The decision to become a living kidney donor is complicated and altruism is certainly what drives the majority of organ donors. Unfortunately, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychological Benefit After Living Kidney Donation: Is It a Myth?
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The moral and ethical justification for living donation is provided by an assumed psychological benefit to the donor after donation. However, there are no…
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