1. Novel educational and goal-setting tool to improve knowledge of chronic kidney disease among liver transplant recipients: A pilot study
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Julie A. Wright Nunes, Jennifer Mawby, Rachael B Leek, Jeong M. Park, Pratima Sharma, Christopher J. Sonnenday, and Claire Koerschner
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Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Epidemiology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Pilot Projects ,030230 surgery ,Biochemistry ,Endocrinology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Chronic Kidney Disease ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Renal Transplantation ,Diabetes diagnosis and management ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Kidney transplantation ,Multidisciplinary ,Middle Aged ,Tailored Intervention ,Nephrology ,Medicine ,Female ,Hemodialysis ,Anatomy ,Goals ,Glomerular Filtration Rate ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,HbA1c ,Patients ,Endocrine Disorders ,Science ,MEDLINE ,Renal function ,Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures ,Urinary System Procedures ,Digestive System Procedures ,03 medical and health sciences ,Patient Education as Topic ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes Mellitus ,medicine ,Humans ,Hemoglobin ,Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ,Aged ,Transplantation ,business.industry ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Proteins ,Kidneys ,Organ Transplantation ,Renal System ,medicine.disease ,Diagnostic medicine ,Liver Transplantation ,Health Care ,Metabolic Disorders ,Medical Risk Factors ,Linear Models ,Feasibility Studies ,business ,Kidney disease - Abstract
IntroductionLiver transplant (LT) recipients have limited understanding of post-transplant chronic kidney disease (CKD) despite an excellent pre-existing framework of transplant care. This pilot study examined the efficacy and feasibility of a tailored educational and goal-setting tool in improving CKD knowledge among LT recipients with early-stage CKD.MethodsIn this prospective cohort study, we administered the CKD educational and goal-setting tool to 81 LT recipients between 7/1/2016 and 12/31/2017. We excluded patients with simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation, eGFRResultsMean age was 56.3 years, 69.1% were males, 85.2% were Caucasians and mean eGFR was 61.2 ± 20.0 ml/min. The CKD educational and goal-setting tool improved the CKD knowledge scores among LT recipients (pre: 71.8 ± 16.6%, post: 83.3 ± 10.4%; pConclusionsA simple LT-specific patient educational and goal-setting tool effectively improved CKD knowledge. Implementation of this tailored intervention will improve CKD awareness and may promote goal-setting in the target population.
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- 2019
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