The transition from childhood to adulthood with ESRD: educational and social challenges
| Autor: | Stephen R. Hooper, Debbie S. Gipson, S. J. Hower, Phil F. Icard, A. R. Kuchenreuther |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Gerontology
Adult Aging Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Disability Evaluation Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Child media_common business.industry Neuropsychology General Medicine medicine.disease Educational attainment Survival Rate El Niño Nephrology Unemployment Disease Progression Educational Status Kidney Failure Chronic business Neurocognitive Psychosocial Social Adjustment Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nephrology. 69(1) |
| ISSN: | 0301-0430 |
| Popis: | Objective: The purpose of this review was to examine potential barriers to adulthood transition for children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Results: The literature was reviewed in regards to medical, neuropsychological, psychiatric and psychosocial barriers that may impede successful transition. Adults with CKD since childhood have been found to be at increased risk for neurocognitive impairment, low educational attainment, unemployment, psychiatric disability, and psychosocial adjustment. Conclusion: Based on the available literature, intervention strategies are discussed in addition to directions for future research. year, 89.0% at 3 years, and 80.4% at 10 years [Ferris et al. 2006]. Studies performed outside the United States have also found increased survival rates (66%) for children and adolescents under 20 years of age, in addition to increased life expectancies for children receiving transplants [McDonald and Craig 2004]. Adolescents treated with pre-emptive transplants and accepting nutritional support earlier have been shown to have the highest rates of survival [Ferris et al. 2006]. |
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