Construction of an index system for evaluating the effectiveness of transitional care in kidney transplant recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies showed that transitional care reduces the complication rate and readmission rate and improves the quality of life in kidney transplant receipts, nevertheless, in fact there are no standard evaluation indexes and debatable scientific of existing indexes in kidney transplant recipients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to construct an evaluation index system to assess the effects of transitional care in kidney transplant recipients.

Methods

Based on Omaha system, an initial evaluation index system about the effects of transitional care in kidney transplant recipients was drafted by the literature review and semi-structured interview. Two rounds of correspondence were conducted in 19 experts and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to ca

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature