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Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Burden of Caregiving for Living Kidney Donors

    H. Maple, N. Mamode.

    Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: A large number of kidney donors are also primary caregivers for their recipients. Whilst primary caregiver status is a well-established cause of psychopathology, it…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Do Community-Solicited NDDs Experience More Coercion to Donate a Kidney Than Traditional NDD Donors?

    D. Serur, G. Bretzlaff, P. Christos, F. Desrosiers, M. Charlton.

    New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY.

    BACKGROUND:Studies of non-directed donors (NDDs) have shown comparable psychosocial functioning to traditional donors. Within NDDs there are some that come forward in response to community…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Education and Employment After Renal Transplantation in Young Adults: An International Study

    J. Gralla,1 P. Murray,2 A. Wiseman,1 P. Harden.3

    1Transplant Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; 2Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; 3Oxford Kidney Unit and Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Purpose: Young adults who have received a kidney transplantation (KT) have significant obstacles in achieving educational goals and finding employment. The purpose of this study…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Mental Health After Living Kidney Donation: The Importance of Donors' and Recipients' Medical Process

    L. Timmerman,1 M. Laging,1 R. Timman,2 W. Zuidema,1 D. Beck,1 J. IJzermans,3 M. Betjes,1 J. Busschbach,2 W. Weimar,1 E. Massey.1

    1Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3General Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    A minority of living kidney donors have poor psychological outcomes after donation. There is mixed evidence as to the influence of the medical process on…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Eating Disorders in Altruistic Organ Donor Candidates: Pitfalls, Red Flags and Practical Suggestions

    R. Jaiswal, J. Gordon-Elliott, F. Desrosiers.

    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, New York, NY.

    The preoperative psychosocial evaluation of potential altruistic organ donors is a means of exploring a patient's motivations for donation as well as identifying any obstacles…
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