Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Parental Anxiety and Depression Rates across Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Populations
A. M. Lofton¹, A. Wille¹, E. A. Steinberg², C. Buchanan²
¹Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Psychiatry, University of Colorado SOM, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: This study’s purpose is to examine parental self-report of depression and anxiety symptoms during the pre-transplant evaluation process for solid organ transplant pediatric candidates…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Symptom Burden after Living Donor Kidney Transplant Measured with the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Kidney Symptom Index is Associated with Worse Transplant Outcomes
J. Peipert, J. Caicedo-Ramirez, K. Ensor, J. Friedewald, M. Abecassis, D. Cella, D. Ladner, Z. Butt
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As the FDA and other stakeholders in transplantation look for fit-for-purpose (FFP) patient-reported outcome measures, there is a need to better understand symptom burden…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Relevant Renal Transplant Patient Reported Symptoms That Could Be Used for New Patient Reported Outcome Development
I. Purnajo¹, J. Beaumont¹, M. Polinsky², E. Alemao², M. J. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
*Purpose: We analyzed post-transplant health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and symptom experience captured longitudinally in the belatacept vs. cyclosporine (BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT) trial cohorts to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes by Conception Age in Female Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Sarkar¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Rao³, S. Constantinescu⁴, M. J. Moritz⁵
¹Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare pregnancy outcomes in liver transplant recipients by different conception ages. Background: Over 30% of female transplant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Using Multidimensional Quality of Life Measurement to Better Understand the Benefit of Living Donor Kidney Transplant
J. Peipert, J. Caicedo-Ramirez, K. Ensor, J. Friedewald, M. Abecassis, D. Cella, Z. Butt, D. Ladner
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Patient and graft survival after living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) are generally excellent, but there remains some variation in health-related quality of life (HRQOL)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Nutritional Literacy and Diet Quality in a Cohort of Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs)
S. Leventer, G. Yang, J. Leong, K. Lembrikova, C. Wilson, M. Markell
Nephrology/Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Poor long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation may relate to coincident diseases, including diabetes and cardiovascular illnesses. Poor nutrition habits may cause progression of complications…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlation between Self-Reported Medication Adherence and Side Effects in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients
T. Harrison¹, N. Patel¹, H. Corbo¹, K. Foster¹, H. Meadows¹, N. Pilch¹, C. Perez¹, J. Fleming¹, D. Judge², L. Paoletti³, D. Taber¹
¹Pharmacy Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence (MNA) is a major risk factor for acute rejection and graft loss. It is unclear how medication side effects (SE) and perceived…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Physical Functionality, Progress of Liver Disease and Mortality in Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients in a Community Model
S. Habib, F. Alsafar
Liver Institute PLLC, Tucson, AZ
*Purpose: The study was designed to look at relationships between diet and exercise interventions and liver disease prognosis in terms of survival and ability to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Health Utility And Social Distress In Kidney Transplant (KT) Recipients
S. Macanovic¹, D. Li¹, B. Liao¹, I. Escudero¹, V. Shah², A. Nagee², A. Che², R. Khairalla², M. Novak³, I. Mucsi¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) or health utility, such as the EuroQol-5D5L (EQ5), cover multiple health domains and are combined into…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lifestyle Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial
E. Corpeleijn¹, G. Klaassen², D. M. Zelle², D. Dijkema³, I. van Vliet², F. J. Bemelman⁴, G. J. Navis², S. J. Bakker²
¹Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Dietetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Low physical activity and reduced physical functioning are common after renal transplantation, resulting in a reduced quality of life. The aim of this study…

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