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ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2021

Kidney transplant recipient perspectives on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brooke M Huuskes, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Chandana Guha, Amanda Baumgart, Germaine Wong, John Kanellis, Steve Chadban, Katherine A Barraclough, Andrea K Viecelli, Carmel M Hawley and 4 more

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Article in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients With CKD: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2023
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  5. Patient Satisfaction with Lung Transplant Telemedicine: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2025
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  16. Telehealth Experience Among Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Mixed Methods Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023
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  19. Telehealth cancer care consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australians affected by cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Brooke M HuuskesDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0203-3271
Nicole Scholes-RobertsonSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Chandana GuhaSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Amanda BaumgartSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Germaine WongSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
John KanellisDepartment of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Steve ChadbanDepartment of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Katherine A BarracloughDepartment of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Andrea K ViecelliDepartment of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Carmel M HawleyDepartment of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Peter G KerrDepartment of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Patrick Toby CoatesSchool of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Noa AmirSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Allison TongSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8973-9538

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council ID1190850The University of Sydney Robinson Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the delivery of health services. Telehealth allows delivery of care without in-person contacts and minimizes the risk of vial transmission. We aimed to describe the perspectives of kidney transplant recipients on the benefits, challenges, and risks of telehealth. We conducted five online focus groups with 34 kidney transplant recipients who had experienced a telehealth appointment. Transcripts were thematically analyzed. We identified five themes: minimizing burden (convenient and easy, efficiency of appointments, reducing exposure to risk, limiting work disruptions, and alleviating financial burden); attuning to individual context (depending on stability of health, respect patient choice of care, and ensuring a conducive environment); protecting personal connection and trust (requires established rapport with clinicians, hampering honest conversations, diminished attentiveness without incidental interactions, reassurance of follow-up, and missed opportunity to share lived experience); empowerment and readiness (increased responsibility for self-management, confidence in physical assessment, mental preparedness, and forced independence); navigating technical challenges (interrupted communication, new and daunting technologies, and cognizant of patient digital literacy). Telehealth is convenient and minimizes time, financial, and overall treatment burden. Telehealth should ideally be available after the pandemic, be provided by a trusted nephrologist and supported with resources to help patients prepare for appointments.

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COVID-19Kidney TransplantationTelemedicineHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19patient-centered caretelehealth

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PMID34115918
PMCPMC8420311

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