Introduction: Illness denial pertains to medical patients who do not acknowledge the
presence or severity of their disease or the need of treatment. Objective: This systematic …

Education for pretransplant, solid-organ recipient candidates aims to improve knowledge
and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes, and potential complications to …

Despite its superior outcomes relative to chronic dialysis and deceased donor kidney
transplantation, live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is less likely to occur in minorities …

Background Dietary modification is an integral part of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
management. However, adherence to the renal diet is often suboptimal. Methods The aims …

Aim: A cancer diagnosis—and in particular a Malignant Mesothelioma (MM) one—breaks
the somatopsychic balance of the individual, compromising the quality of residual life and …

Background and objective Patients with early chronic kidney disease (CKD) face challenges
in accessing healthcare, including delays in diagnosis, fragmented speciality care and lack …

Aims People who live in rural areas have reduced access to appropriate and timely
healthcare, leading to poorer health outcomes than their metropolitan‐based counterparts …

Our aim was to identify predictors and moderators of the effects of a house calls (HC)
educational intervention, relative to a group-based (GB) intervention and to individual …

Introduction Racial/ethnic disparities in living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) are a
persistent challenge. Although nearly all directed donations are from members of patients' …

Health-related behaviours and psychological distress were examined after kidney
transplantation. Patients were evaluated at 1 month, 6 months and 1 year after …