Barriers and facilitators to the transplant process among patients living with polycystic kidney disease: a qualitative Approach.

ABSTRACT: Kidney transplant is the gold standard for renal replacement therapy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which is the fourth leading cause of kidney failure. Despite the medical and economic benefits of preemptive kidney transplant over dialysis before transplant, only 9-21% of qualifying patients receive preemptive transplants. Given the low rates of preemptive transplant, the aim of this study was to determine perceived facilitators and barriers to preemptive transplant among ADPKD patients using a qualitative approach. Data were collected between July 2021 and January 2022 from virtual individual semi-structured interviews of 16 adult participants with ADPKD. Qualitative analysis of the recorded interviews was conducted to generate themes. Our findings

SUBMITTER: Smith J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150665 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature