Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A nonvalidated questionnaire was administered to prospective kidney transplant recipients to determine factors that hindered or favored referral for transplantation before the initiation of dialysis. RESULTS: One hundred ninety-seven subjects referred for a primary renal transplant completed the questionnaire. Ninety-one subjects (46%) had been informed of preemptive transplantation before referral, and 80 (41%) were predialysis at the time of evaluation. The median time from diagnosis of renal disease to referral was 60 months (range, 2-444 months). In bivariate analysis, among other factors, knowledge of preemptive transplantation was highly associated (odds ratio=94.69) with referral before initiation of dialysis. Given the strong association between knowledge of preemptive transplantation and predialysis referral, this variable was not included in the multivariate analysis. Using multivariate logistic regression analysis, white recipient race, referral by a transplant nephrologist, recipient employment, and the diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease were significantly associated with presentation to the pretransplant clinic before initiation of dialysis. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Richard J Knight, Larry D Teeter, Edward A Graviss, Samir J Patel, Jennifer M DeVos, Linda W Moore, A Osama Gaber |
Journal | Transplantation
(Transplantation)
Vol. 99
Issue 3
Pg. 576-9
(Mar 2015)
ISSN: 1534-6080 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25083616
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Health Services Accessibility
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
(methods)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Odds Ratio
- Polycystic Kidney Diseases
(complications, therapy)
- Referral and Consultation
- Renal Dialysis
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Time Factors
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