Articles tagged "Psychosocial"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Serum Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Urine Ethyl Glucuronide for Detection of Alcohol Use in Pre-transplant Patients
N. Lim¹, T. Leventhal¹, M. Thomson¹, M. Hassan¹, J. Thompson¹, S. Chinnakotla², V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², R. Kandaswamy², V. Humphreville², A. Adams², J. Lake¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: More patients are presenting for liver transplant (LT) evaluation for alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Detection of ETOH use has significant implications for patients undergoing…
2021 American Transplant Congress
General Public Attitude Toward Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?
M. S. S Gharibdousti¹, M. T Khasawneh¹, A. L Friedman²
¹System Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Vestal, NY, ²LiveOnNY, New York City, NY
*Purpose: To analyze factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation from public opinion.*Methods: KnowledgePanel is the largest online panel that relies on probability-based sampling…
2021 American Transplant Congress
True Living Donation Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Storytelling from Kidney Living Donors
E. Ho¹, E. H. Wood², R. Pines³, L. A. Davis⁴, S. M. Advani⁵, A. D. Waterman²
¹Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ⁴DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, ⁵National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: Personal experiences of living donors (LDs) or recipients (Rs) can motivate more individuals to pursue living donor kidney transplant. After building a library of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Patient Perspective of the Implementation of Virtual Medicine in a Post-kidney Transplant Clinic
S. Mann¹, M. Kadatz¹, J. Lan¹, O. Johnston¹, C. Luo²
¹Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: COVID-19 dramatically altered the model of health care delivery for transplant recipients, necessitating the routine use of virtual medicine. This resulted in consequences for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Posttraumatic Stress and Medication Adherence in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
S. Duncan-Park¹, L. Danziger-Isakov², B. Armstrong³, N. Williams⁴, J. Odim⁴, E. Shemesh⁵, S. Sweet⁶, R. Annunziato¹
¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Fordham University, New York, NY, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Rho Inc., Durham, NC, ⁴NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁶Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: We investigated the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), medication adherence, and quality of life (QoL) in adolescent transplant recipients.*Methods: This protocol of the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Current Opioid Utilization Practices of Kidney Transplant Centers in the United States: A National Survey of Institutional Practices
A. Lichvar¹, H. Kim¹, A. Ingemi², J. Jarrett¹
¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic in the United States (US) and the known risks of opioid utilization highlight the need for better understanding of pain management…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Gray on the Border: A Closer Look at the Gap in Access to Kidney Transplantation for Hispanic Americans
A. Padilla, M. Mujtaba, R. Samper-Ternent, S. Al Snih, N. Perez, J. Fair, R. Kulkarni, E. Polychronopoulou, M. Kueht
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Hispanic Americans have disproportionately reduced access to kidney transplantation that is significantly affected by longstanding cultural and geographical disparities. These disparities are multifactorial and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Psychosocial Clinician Rating Scale is Used Differently Across Solid Organ Teams within a Single Transplant Center
S. Entenman¹, T. Chaffee², M. Pienta³, B. Young³, E. Clifton¹, J. Mellinger⁴, L. McElroy⁵, G. Winder¹
¹Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ³Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Transplant psychosocial clinician rating scales like the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) are widely used tools to standardize subjective patient data, stratify…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid-19-related Knowledge, Health Behaviors and Attitudes Towards Telemedicine and Emergency Visits in a Population of Kidney Transplant (KTx) Recipients
A. Lin, M. Saw-Aung, W. Yang, G. Udod, A. Imas, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We explored knowledge about COVID-19 and attitudes towards emergency care and telemedicine visits in a population of inner-city KTx pts.*Methods: A telephone survey was…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Outcomes 1-year Post Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant
J. Steel¹, A. Amin¹, M. Wijkstrom¹, A. Zureikat¹, E. Tillman¹, R. Jones¹, D. Yadav¹, A. Slivka¹, A. Phillips¹, M. Bellin², A. Carroll³, A. Humar¹
¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: A paucity of research regarding the psychosocial outcomes after-total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplantation exists. The aim of the study was to examine…

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