Exploring Caregiver Support as a Potential Mediator of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Reduced Likelihood of Liver Transplant Waitlisting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods may be at risk of inequitable access to the liver transplant (LT) waitlisting (WL), but mechanisms mediating this relationship are not well understood. We assessed whether area deprivation index (ADI), a measure of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, was associated with LT WL and assessed whether caregiver support, a potentially modifiable factor, mediated this relationship.

Methods

We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of adults referred for LT evaluation from January 2015 to December 2021. First, we assessed the association between ADI and LT WL using univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses. Second, we analyzed caregiver support as a potential mediator through

SUBMITTER: Morenz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11957614 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature