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Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Information-Seeking Behavior During Covid-19: Opportunities for Communication and Care Transition Improvements

    S. H. Advani1, S. M. Advani2, Y. A. Iraheta3, A. Murillo4, H. A. Gritsch3, A. D. Waterman3

    1Terasaki Institute, Bethesda, MD, 2National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 3UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 4Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: To learn more about how at-risk dialysis and transplant patients sought health information during COVID-19 and what was most helpful, we conducted a mixed-methods…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Journey to Transplant: A Pilot Feasibility Trial of a Virtual Counseling Intervention for Patients and Their Social Support Networks to Improve Access to Kidney Transplant

    A. Hart1, R. Edpuganti2, H. D'Cunha2, S. Kurschner2, W. T. McKinney1, A. Matas1, R. Patzer1, S. Chu1, M. Bruin1, M. Partin1

    1Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Minneaplis, MN, 2Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneaplis, MN

    *Purpose: Home counseling interventions have shown promise in increasing rates of kidney transplant, but are challenging to implement. We piloted a structured but individualized virtual…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Death and Loss to Follow-up in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Transferred to Adult Care: Who is at Risk?

    J. P. Stevens1, S. Gillespie1, M. Katz1, L. Hall2, V. Kolachala1, R. Ford3, N. A. Gupta1

    1Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2Transplant Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 3Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: With improvements in surgical technique and immunosuppressive regimens, many pediatric liver transplant recipients are surviving to adulthood. Successful transition to an adult provider is…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Which Living Kidney Donors Arrive to the Donation Process Informed About Surgery?

    L. Malinzak, A. Segal, R. Prashar, M. Jesse

    Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: To evaluate perceived knowledge about surgery in potential living kidney donors embarking on the donation process.*Methods: Potential living kidney donors were surveyed about their…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Understanding Transplant Decision Making Concerns for African, Caribbean and Black Canadian Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease

    N. Singh1, A. Wasim1, W. Hajjar1, K. Mohan1, N. El-Dassouki1, H. Habbal1, L. Angarso1, A. Dychiao1, S. Macanovic1, A. D. Waterman2, I. Mucsi1

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Compared to White Canadians, African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) Canadians with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are less likely to receive a living donor…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Perfect Candidate? The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant

    E. J. Henricksen1, K. Stott2, S. Ilango2, Y. Moayedi3, K. Waddell4, H. I. Luikart4, J. Twiggs4, R. Lee1, B. M. Zhang5, W. Hiesinger6, K. K. Khush4, J. J. Teuteberg4

    1Transplant, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, 2Social Work, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, 3Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 5Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 6Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a tool used to objectify and enhance the pre-transplant psychosocial evaluation. We sought to assess…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers to Living Kidney Donation: A Closer Look at Declined Donors

    M. Anand, S. Barhorst, S. Bumb, B. Abu Jawdeh, T. Kaur, A. Govil

    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: Medically complex donors are increasingly being assessed for donation. Due to concern for donor safety, there is a wide variation amongst transplant providers in…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Challenges and Stressors of COVID-19 Kidney and Transplant Patients: A Mixed Methods Study

    Y. A. Iraheta1, A. L. Murillo2, E. H. Wood1, S. M. Advani3, R. Pines4, A. D. Waterman1

    1UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 3National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 4Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA

    *Purpose: To assess the unique needs of at-risk kidney and transplant patients and their caregivers during COVID-19, we established a telephone Listening Center enabling them…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Eligibility of Renal Transplants in the Elderly

    L. B. Moraitis, J. Rogers, A. Farney, A. Reeves-Daniel, G. Orlando, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, A. Mena-Gutierrez, C. Jay, R. Stratta

    Abdominal Organ Transplant, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: In the recent past, older age was contraindication to kidney transplantation (KT). New kidney allocation schemes with use of longevity matching, initiation of frailty…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Growing Up During the Pandemic: A New Look for Transitioning to Adult Transplant Care

    M. M. Chandran, E. Blanchette, A. Sikora, M. Bisek, E. S. Christofferson, M. Bock

    Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) recipients of solid organ transplants (SOT) are confronted with a unique set of life stressors that may negatively impact…
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