ArticleJournal of nephrology2024
Identifying the barriers to kidney transplantation for patients in rural and remote areas: a scoping review.
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- Barriers and facilitators of integrating telemedicine services into routine kidney transplant patient care: a scoping review of qualitative research.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Health professional and transplant recipient perspectives of kidney transplantation in regional, rural, and remote Australia - a survey study.Journal of nephrology · 2025Article
- Exploring the pharmacist's role in regional, rural, and remote kidney transplant care: Perspectives of health professionals and transplant recipients.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Article
- Early Steps of the Kidney Transplant Process: What Are the Experiences of Dialysis Social Workers?Clinical transplantation · 2025Article
- The Determinants of Psychological Well-Being Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in Kazakhstan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Health professional experiences of kidney transplantation in regional, rural, and remote Australia.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- Reintegration Into the Workforce After Kidney Transplantation Based on Urbanization Status in Switzerland.Kidney international reports · 2025Article
- Supporting equitable access to kidney transplant in remote Western Australia using continuous quality improvement.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2025Article
- Improving Time to Kidney Transplant Listing: A Single Center Quality Improvement Initiative.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
- Bringing a Systems Approach to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.Kidney international reports · 2024Article
- Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Outcomes After the 2014 Kidney Allocation System Change.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2024Article
- Inequalities in the access to kidney care, revisiting the country mouse and the city mouse.Journal of nephrology · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology in Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland)Review
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Abstract
backgroundPopulations in rural and remote areas have higher rates of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure than those in urban or metropolitan areas, and mortality rates for chronic kidney disease are almost twice as high in remote areas compared to major cities. Despite this, patients residing in regional, rural, or remote areas are less likely to be wait-listed for or receive a kidney transplant. The objective of this scoping review is to identify specific barriers to kidney transplantation for adult patients residing in rural and remote areas from the perspectives of health professionals and patients/carers.
methodsStudies were identified through database (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Emcare, Scopus) searches and assessed against inclusion criteria to determine eligibility. A descriptive content analysis was undertaken to identify and describe barriers as key themes.
resultsThe 24 selected studies included both quantitative (n = 5) and qualitative (n = 19) methodologies. In studies conducted in health professional populations (n = 10) the most prevalent themes identified were perceived social and cultural issues (80%), burden of travel and distance from treatment (60%), and system-level factors as barriers (60%). In patient/carer populations (n = 14), the most prevalent themes were limited understanding of illness and treatment options (71%), dislocation from family and support network (71%), and physical and psychosocial effects of treatment (71%).
conclusionsPatients in regional, rural, and remote areas face many additional barriers to kidney transplantation, which are predominantly associated with the need to travel or relocate to access required medical testing and transplantation facilities.
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