Sociodemographic factors and patient perceptions are associated with attitudes to kidney transplantation among haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 653-660

  Vamos, Eszter Panna ^a   Csepanyi, Gabor ^a   Zambo, Monika ^a   Molnar, Miklos Zsolt ^a   Rethelyi, Janos ^a   Kovacs, Agnes ^a   Marton, Adrienn ^a   Nemeth, Zsofia ^a   Novak, Marta ^a,b   Mucsi, Istvan ^a,c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude to renal transplantation; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Patient perceptions; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449092922     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn660     Document Type: Article

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