ArticleTransplantation2020
Perceptions and Practices Regarding Frailty in Kidney Transplantation: Results of a National Survey.
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- Understanding frailty across the kidney transplant continuum: a comprehensive systematic review of recent evidence.International urology and nephrology · 2026Pooled it
- Visceral Fat Obesity Correlates with Frailty in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Trial
- The Role of Geriatric Syndromes in Kidney Transplant Decision-Making: A Domain-Based Analysis of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Older Adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Observational
- Practical Guide to Address Common Myths in the Pre- and Post-kidney Transplant Management of the Elderly Patient with Cancer: An Opinion Paper.Transplantation direct · 2026Article
- Frailty assessment in kidney transplantation: insights from a European survey.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Article
- Frailty in Focus: A Scoping Review of Frailty Instruments from the Kidney Disease Aging Research Collaborative.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026Article
- Frailty Matters-But Contextualize the Clinical Decision.Kidney international reports · 2025Article
- Examining Transparency in Kidney Transplant Recipient Selection Criteria: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR AI · 2025Article
- Physical Domains, Access to Kidney Transplantation, and Waitlist Mortality.Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- Practices in the management of kidney transplant candidates and recipients with obesity: A survey of United States transplant programs.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Study Describing the Perspectives on Frailty and Its Management in Individuals with Kidney Failure.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Article
- Variations in Center-level Practices Across US Transplant Centers Are Associated With Time to Relisting and Retransplantation in Patients With Graft Failure.Kidney medicine · 2025Article
- Subjective and objectives measures of frailty among adults with advanced chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis of clinician misclassification.Internal medicine journal · 2025Article
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- Frailty and sarcopenia metabolomic signatures in kidney transplant candidates: the FRAILMar study.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
- Frailty Prevalence and Characterization Among Kidney Transplant Candidates in Spain: A Multicenter Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- The evaluation of kidney transplant candidates prior to waitlisting: a scoping review.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
- Frailty and Prehabilitation: Navigating the Road to a Successful Transplant.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2024Article
- Senescence Biomarkers and Trajectories of Frailty and Physical Function After Kidney Transplantation.Clinical transplantation · 2024Article
- Patient perspectives and preferences for rehabilitation among people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease: a qualitative evaluation.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven the potential utility of frailty, a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors, to predict postkidney transplant (KT) outcomes, we sought to understand the perceptions and practices regarding frailty measurement in US KT programs.
methodsSurveys were emailed to American Society of Transplantation Kidney/Pancreas Community of Practice members and 202 US transplant programs (November 2017 to April 2018). Program characteristics were gleaned from Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
resultsThe 133 responding programs (response rate = 66%) represented 77% of adult KTs and 79% of adult KT candidates in the United States. Respondents considered frailty to be a useful concept in evaluating candidacy (99%) and endorsed a need to develop a frailty measurement specific to KT (92%). Frailty measurement was more common during candidacy evaluation (69%) than during KT admission (28%). Of the 202 programs, 38% performed frailty assessments in all candidates while 23% performed assessments only for older candidates. There was heterogeneity in the frailty assessment method; 18 different tools were utilized to measure frailty. The most common tool was a timed walk test (19%); 67% reported performing >1 tool. Among programs that measure frailty, 53% reported being less likely to list frail patients for KT.
conclusionsAmong US KT programs, frailty is recognized as a clinically relevant construct and is commonly measured at evaluation. However, there is considerable heterogeneity in the tools used to measure frailty. Efforts to identify optimal measurement of frailty using either an existing or a novel tool and subsequent standardization of its measurement and application across KT programs should be considered.
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