Expectations and experiences of follow up and self-care after living kidney donation: a focus group study.

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Ensuring donor wellbeing warrants ongoing monitoring following living kidney donation. However, there is considerable variability in donor follow up processes, including information provided to donors regarding self-care. Loss to follow up is common, suggesting that the aims and benefits of monitoring and follow up may not be apparent. We aimed to describe the experiences and expectations of living kidney donors regarding follow up and self-care after donation.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Transplantation

Title: Transplantation

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1534-6080

ISSN (Print): 0041-1337

Publication date (Electronic): May 24 2017

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[1 ] 1Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 2Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145 3Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Westmead, Australia 2145 4Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, 3168 5Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168 6Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6Z 1Y6\ 7Kidney Node, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2050 8Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, 2050.

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DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001771

PubMed ID: 28538499

SO-VID: 4a082b2e-09d9-4fd7-9790-ad57e6abafa4

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