%0 Journal Article
%T Patients¡¯ Expectations for Longevity of Kidney Transplant
%A Colin Dunn
%A Daniella Portal
%A Joshua R. Kaminetsky
%A Juan Lin
%A Juan Rocca
%A Kayla Applebaum
%A Michelle Gruttadauria
%A Omar Mohammed
%A Stuart Greenstein
%J Progress in Transplantation
%@ 2164-6708
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1526924818817045
%X Prior to transplantation, the transplant team is responsible for transplant education and posttransplant expectations. The majority of outcomes research focuses on 1- and 3-year graft survival, with a lack of literature focused upon whether patients have a realistic understanding of how many years deceased donor kidneys can be expected to function after transplant. To determine whether potential kidney transplant patients¡¯ expectations for how long a deceased donor kidney will function after transplantation differs from transplant surgeons, using quantitative analysis. A cross-sectional survey was used with potential adult kidney transplant recipients and transplant surgeons. Patient surveys included demographics, quality-of-life questions, and questions of expectations of kidney function for deceased donor kidneys from the Kidney Donor Profile Index. The survey categorized donor organ risk as 0% to 20%, 21% to 85%, and 86% to 100%, and results were compared to responses from US Transplant Surgeons. Surgeons were contacted via e-mail using an online survey program. Responses included 154 transplant surgeons and 172 patients. Surgeon and patient responses were compared using Fisher exact test, showing a significant difference in each of the donor organ categories. We found that 47% of patient respondents did not correctly interpret the Kidney Donor Profile Index continuum. In every organ donor category, patients had a significantly different expectation for how long a transplanted kidney will last after transplant when compared to transplant surgeons. More study is required to determine why 47% of patients did not correctly interpret the Kidney Donor Profile continuum
%K kidney transplant
%K renal transplant
%K education
%K Kidney Donor Profile Index
%K qualitative
%K quantitative
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1526924818817045