Impact of physical disability on transplant candidacy: A multi-institutional survey of transplant professionals.

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Tác giả: Liz Bowen, Jessica Marengo, Christoph Nabzdyk, Joel Michael Reynolds, Mariah Tanious

Ngôn ngữ: eng

Ký hiệu phân loại: 992 [Unassigned]

Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Disability and health journal , 2025

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Bộ sưu tập: NCBI

ID: 685903

BACKGROUND: While the solid organ transplant evaluation process is designed to function equitably, discriminatory practices remain, resulting in disparities in access for persons with disabilities. Physical function and frailty status are often-cited factors in establishing transplant, despite limited consensus on their assessment and impact. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe how transplant healthcare professionals conceptualize the relationship between physical disability and transplant candidacy. METHODS: A convenience sample of multidisciplinary transplant was solicited to respond to an electronic survey between February and March 2024. RESULTS: Of the 126 professionals contacted, 43 participants responded, yielding a response rate of 34 %. The majority of participants (88 %) held contradictory views of physical disability as it relates to transplant candidacy (p = 0.049). Men were more likely to endorse awareness of bias when evaluating transplant candidates (p = 0.008). Professional discipline was significantly associated with perception of transplant process fairness, impact of bias, and interpretation of quality of life. Iterative thematic analysis revealed a propensity to conflate frailty with physical disability. CONCLUSIONS: Multidisciplinary transplant professionals rarely endorsed overtly ableist sentiments. However, responses highlighted inconsistent, unclear, and at times contradictory conceptions of physical function and physical disability, which may contribute to disparate access to solid organ transplant for individuals with physical disability.
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