Third Party Confirmation of Living-related Kidney Transplantation by Psychologist

Abstract

This is a practical report on the third party confirmation of live-donor kidney transplants by our psychologists team during the past ten years. The confirmation included sharing basic information of the patients with the transplantation coordinator, interviewing with recipients, interviewing with donors, and information feedback to the transplantation coordinator. Before interviewing, recipients and donors are asked to fulfill the questionnaire about living-related transplantation. The answers from the questionnaire are helpful and time saving. Patients can be interviewed freely by a psychologist in a separate room apart from the department of transplantation surgery. In addition to making a decision about transplantation, psychologists report information concerning patients need, their anxiety about transplantation and their mental states. Also, psychologists can inform the transplant staff about concrete strategies to deal with patients.