Articles tagged "Quality of life"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Deceased Donor Kidney and Liver Surgical Recovery Error Rates
R. D. Hasz, S. M. West, H. M. Nathan
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: There is no nationally available data related to the incidence of surgical errors in deceased donor organ recoveries or its impact on organ discard…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mindfulness at Methodist – Stress Resiliency Strategies for Patients
E. Vivian¹, H. Oduor², P. Mantry³
¹Digestive Institute, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Transplant Institute, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³The Liver Institute, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Stress triggers changes in the brain that make people appear distracted and forgetful. Chronic stress damages DNA, causes excess inflammation in the body, impairs…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Trial of Belatacept-Based CNI- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression Regimens in Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Analysis Across Two Years
J. M. Rohan¹, J. Leone², E. Woodle³, D. Kaufman⁴, A. Shields⁵, A. Wiseman⁶, A. Matas⁷, P. West-Thielke⁸, E. King⁵, R. Alloway³
¹Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ³University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵U Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶U Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸UIC, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous trials have not examined 2-year longitudinal differences in patient-reported outcomes (PRO) between belatacept (BELA)- and tacrolimus (TAC)-based therapies in adult kidney transplant (KTx)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immunosuppression on Quality of Life among HLA-Identical Living Kidney Recipients at UCLA – A Qualitative Study
E. L. Wood¹, S. George², N. Kogut¹, E. Lum, MD³, J. L. Veale¹
¹Urology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Tolerant kidney transplant recipients (off immunosuppression) report higher self-rated quality of life and a lower symptom burden compared to standard living recipients when using…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Kidney Transplantation on Sleep Quality in Patients Admitted in ICU: A Cross-Section Study in China
L. Long, J. Liu, J. Yan, F. J. Xie, F. L. Liu, H. Liu, H. K. Yin
Transplantation Center, Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Although evidences showed that sleep disorder is common in patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD), less is known about their sleep quality after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Frailty is Strongly Associated with Self-Reported Symptom Burden among Patients with Cirrhosis Undergoing Evaluation for Liver Transplantation
L. X. Deng, K. E. Bischoff, D. S. Kent, D. L. O’Riordan, S. Z. Pantilat, J. C. Lai
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Among patients with cirrhosis, frailty has most commonly been measured using instruments that focus on malnutrition, muscle wasting, and functional impairment. Little is known…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Strength and Physical Functioning in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Sgambat, K. Amatya, A. Moudgil
Nephrology, Children's National, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Children with end stage renal disease on dialysis are known to be at high risk for protein energy wasting and low muscle mass, however…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During the First Year in Lung Transplantation Recipients
H. Zhou, J. Chen
Lung Transplant Center, Wuxi People’s Hospital, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: This longitudinal study was conducted to recognize the tracks of HRQOL during the first year after transplantation and the main factors associated with HRQOL…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Computer Adaptive Testing Depression Item Bank in Kidney Transplant Recipients
V. Shah¹, A. Rezaeishahreza¹, E. Lui¹, R. Aser¹, S. Bartlett², M. Li¹, D. Howell¹, J. Peipert³, M. Novak¹, I. Mucsi¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the PROMIS Depression computerized adaptive test (PROMIS-D CAT) in relation to a legacy measure in adult Kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of Latent Class Analysis to Identify Patient Symptom Burden Subgroups after Living Donor Kidney Transplant
J. Peipert, J. Caicedo-Ramirez, K. Ensor, J. Friedewald, M. Abecassis, D. Cella, D. Ladner, Z. Butt
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Identifying groups of patients based on clusters of symptoms they experience may help advance our understanding of living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) recipients’ post-operative…

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