Disparities in the completion of steps to kidney transplantation: protocol for a systematic review

BMJ Open
Heather M TrainoMichael Adair-Kriz

Abstract

Disparities in access to transplantation have been well documented. The extant literature, however, focuses largely on disparities and related barriers for African-American patients and none has used the steps to transplantation as a guiding framework. This review will catalogue disparities in the steps to transplantation as well as the barriers and facilitators to completion of each step identified in the extant literature. The results of the review will be used to generate recommendations for future research to improve equity in access to kidney transplantation. Standard procedures will be used in the conduct of the review. Searches will be performed using the following electronic databases: PubMed/Medline, PsycINFO, CINHAL, EMBASE, Cochrane library and Web of Science. Reports of original research will be eligible for inclusion if they are published from 2005 to present, written or available in English language, performed in the USA, enrol adult participants (18 years of age or more), and employ descriptive or observational designs. Two authors will independently screen retrieved articles for inclusion. MaxQDA will be used for data analysis and management. All included reports will be coded for article characteristics; dispar...Continue Reading

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Mar 28, 2018·Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN·Mohua BasuRachel E Patzer
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Jul 30, 2021·Health Communication·Charles R Senteio, Matthew K Ackerman

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