Measuring Patient Knowledge of Kidney Transplantation: An Initial Step to Close the Knowledge Gap

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Laura J. McPherson, Emory University; Reem E. Hamoda, Emory University; Rachel Patzer, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-03-01
• Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: 2019
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002350
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Transplantation
• ISSN: 0041-1337
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: 459
• End Page: 460
• Keywords: patient transplant education; Kidney transplantation; end-stage renal disease
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment modality for the majority of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Nevertheless, there are widely recognized disparities in access to each of the required steps preceding receipt of a kidney transplant, including provision of patient transplant education.1 Limited transplant knowledge2 and variability in the administration of patient transplant education have been found to contribute to disparities in access to transplantation.3 Furthermore, research has demonstrated a greater emphasis on the development of transplant education interventions to improve patient knowledge and informed decision making between ESRD treatment options.4,5 However, the literature is lacking in appropriate measures to examine the efficacy of these interventions on improving ESRD patient transplant knowledge early in the transplant process.