Articles tagged "Quality of life"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Real-Life Food Safety Behavior and Incidence of Food-Borne Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
M. Lindup, D. Golshayan, M. Pascual, O. Manuel, M. Mombelli
CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
*Purpose: Specific food safety measures are highly recommended in solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients. However, the actual adherence of patients in real life and the impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Timeline for Resuming Physical Activities after Renal Transplantation: A Mid West Pediatric Nephrology Consortium Study
P. Baddi¹, H. Patel², H. Janjua³, D. Y. Kim⁴, A. Jain⁵
¹Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Children's Hospital of Michigan and Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁵Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: To assess the practice patterns of the timeline for safely resuming various physical activities after pediatric kidney transplant.*Methods: An anonymous web-based survey was distributed…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients: Preemptive High KDPI Kidney vs. Lower KDPI Kidney after Varying Dialysis Vintage
B. Chopra, S. Hussain, K. Sureshkumar.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dialysis vintage is an independent predictor of adverse long-term kidney transplant outcomes. Transplantation of "marginal" kidneys also results in inferior outcomes. We sought to analyze…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Is It Better Choice to Perform Kidney Transplantation for Elderly CKD Patients?
R. Imamura,¹ K. Tsutahara,² K. Yamanaka,³ M. Kawamura,¹ S. Nakazawa,¹ T. Kato,¹ T. Abe,¹ H. Kishikawa,³ N. Ichimaru,⁴ K. Nishimura,³ S. Yamaguchi,² N. Nonomura.¹
¹Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; ²Urology, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan; ³Urology, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan; ⁴Advanced Technology for Transplantation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
[Objectives] Japan is forecasted to become an aged society with 30.3% and 39.9% in 2025 and 2060, respectively. Along with that, the number of elderly…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the PROMIS-57 and PROMIS-29 Questionnaires in Kidney Transplant Recipients
E. Tang, A. Bansal, S. Cao, M. Li, M. Novak, I. Mucsi.
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Background: The Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) provides generalizable and universal measures of various domains of patient reported outcomes. The PROMIS-57 and PROMIS-29…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating PROMIS-57 Domains to Screen for Anxiety and Depression Using Legacy Instruments among Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Bansal,¹ O. Ekundayo,¹ E. Tang,¹ F. Khalafi,¹ H. Ford,¹ M. Li,³ M. Novak,² I. Mucsi.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BACKGROUNDDepression and anxiety are frequent among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We evaluate the accuracy of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement System (PROMIS 57 item) depression…