Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Decision-Making Among HCV-Negative Transplant Candidates Offered Organs from Donors with HCV Infection
E. Schnellinger¹, E. Saine¹, M. Liu¹, J. Diamond¹, M. Crespo¹, S. Prenner¹, V. Potluri¹, C. Bermudez¹, H. Mentch¹, M. Moore², B. Besharatian¹, D. Goldberg³, F. Barg¹, P. Reese¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Historically, many organs from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were discarded due to stigma and challenges in treating HCV after transplant.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Bias in Transplant Surgery: A Qualitative Study of Transplant Clinicians in the United States
K. Ladin¹, J. Perry², C. Eiduson³
¹REACH Lab, Tufts University, Medford, MA, ²Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ³University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Clinicians’ judgments about patients’ social support often affect whether patients are listed for transplantation. Decision-making is thought to be based on two systems of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Having Potential Living Donors on Patients’ Access to Kidney Transplantation
E. J. Gordon¹, J. Lee¹, R. Kang¹, J. Caicedo²
¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Racial/ethnic disparities persist in patients’ access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). Little is known about the relationship between number of potential living donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Post-Acute Sequelae of Sars-Cov-2 Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
S. Alasfar¹, T. Chiang¹, A. J. Snyder², M. T. Ou¹, B. Boyarsky¹, A. T. Abedon¹, J. L. Alejo¹, W. Cochran¹, J. M. Garonzik-Wang³, D. C. Brennan¹, T. Vannorsdall¹, D. L. Segev¹, R. K. Avery¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) is an increasingly recognized phenomenon manifested by long lasting cognitive, mental, and physical symptoms. We aimed to estimate…
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Barriers to Completing the Transplant Evaluation Process: A Mixed-Methods Study
E. J. Gordon¹, J. J. Uriarte¹, A. N. McLagan¹, B. Kuramitsu¹, J. Gacki-Smith¹, M. Shumate², L. McElroy³, J. Caicedo¹
¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Little is known about patient-reported factors affecting patients’ access to the kidney transplant waitlist after starting evaluation. We qualitatively assessed patients’ perceived barriers to…
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Resource Utilization in Liver Transplant Patients Based on Psychological Evaluation of High Risk vs. Non-High Risk
K. Barber¹, D. Chism², R. Sauls³, R. Shargo³, M. Gosselin⁴, S. Mohammed³, K. Robichaux³, A. Kumar⁵, J. Buggs¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Psychological evaluation in liver transplant candidates helps to determine suitability. The psychological risk assessment results in the characterization of either low, medium, or high…
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Knowledge Gaps and Perceptions of Liver Disease and Liver Transplant Referral Serve as Barriers to Transplant Among Primary Care Providers in Non-Urban America
M. Wright¹, V. Madabhushi¹, A. R. Garcia², N. Pope², A. Murphy³, C. N. Taylor¹, R. Gedaly¹, M. Gupta¹
¹Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ²College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ³School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: The path to liver transplant (LTX) typically begins with primary care providers(PCPs), and is dependent on timely referral to transplant centers. The referral patterns…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Health System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Health Professionals
S. Sandal¹, I. Schiller¹, N. Dendukuri¹, J. Robert¹, K. Katergi¹, A. Alam¹, M. Cantarovich¹, J. F. Fiore Jr¹, C. Weber¹, M. Fortin²
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: There is growing recognition that efforts to increase living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) should focus on health system-level inefficiencies. While previous studies focused on…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Health Care Transition of Adolescents After Kidney Transplantation in Germany and Austria – The Randomized Controlled Transnephro Trial
L. Pape¹, M. Kreuzer¹, A. Großhenig², J. Prüfe¹, S. Group³
¹Pediatrics II, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany, ²Biostatistics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³German Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Adolescence is the age with the highest rate of graft losses because of non-adherence and the transfer from pediatric to adult care. Health care…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Improving Access and Equity for Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
S. Kodali¹, A. Lopez², C. Egwim², J. Alegria², S. Yi², H. Adrogue², M. Moaddab², H. Huang², I. Hussain², M. Kassi², J. Ontiveros², R. Guardiola², J. Alexander², D. Harvey², K. Maresh², S. Zylicz², L. Loza², J. Corkrean², A. O. Gaber², R. M. Ghobrial¹
¹Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many Hispanic Americans have misconceptions about transplantation due to language and cultural differences, which can make them less likely to undergo liver transplant (LT)…