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Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation

Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation
Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation
Limited health literacy is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and has been variably associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The prevalence of limited health literacy is lower in kidney transplant recipients than in individuals starting dialysis, suggesting selection of patients with higher health literacy for transplantation. We investigated the relationship between limited health literacy and clinical outcomes, including access to kidney transplantation, in a prospective UK cohort study of 2,274 incident dialysis patients aged 18-75 years. Limited health literacy was defined by a validated Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS). Multivariable regression was used to test for association with outcomes after adjusting for age, sex, socioeconomic status (educational level and car ownership), ethnicity, first language, primary renal diagnosis, and comorbidity. In fully adjusted analyses, limited health literacy was not associated with mortality, late presentation to nephrology, dialysis modality, haemodialysis vascular access, or pre-emptive kidney transplant listing, but was associated with reduced likelihood of listing for a deceased-donor transplant (hazard ratio [HR] 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.51-0.90), receiving a living-donor transplant (HR 0.41; 95% CI 0.19-0.88), or receiving a transplant from any donor type (HR 0.65; 95% CI 0.44-0.96). Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation, independent of patient demographics, socioeconomic status, and comorbidity. Interventions to ameliorate the effects of low health literacy may improve access to kidney transplantation.
0085-2538
1244-1252
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ATTOM investigators
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Taylor, Dominic, Bradley, J. Andrew, Bradley, Clare, Draper, Heather, Dudley, Christopher, Fogarty, Damian G., Fraser, Simon, Johnson, Rachel, Leydon, Geraldine, Metcalfe, Wendy, Oniscu, Gabriel C., Robb, Matthew, Tomson, Charles, Watson, Christopher J.E., Ravanan, Rommel and Roderick, Paul , ATTOM investigators (2019) Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation. Kidney International, 95 (5), 1244-1252. (doi:10.1016/j.kint.2018.12.021).

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Abstract

Limited health literacy is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and has been variably associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The prevalence of limited health literacy is lower in kidney transplant recipients than in individuals starting dialysis, suggesting selection of patients with higher health literacy for transplantation. We investigated the relationship between limited health literacy and clinical outcomes, including access to kidney transplantation, in a prospective UK cohort study of 2,274 incident dialysis patients aged 18-75 years. Limited health literacy was defined by a validated Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS). Multivariable regression was used to test for association with outcomes after adjusting for age, sex, socioeconomic status (educational level and car ownership), ethnicity, first language, primary renal diagnosis, and comorbidity. In fully adjusted analyses, limited health literacy was not associated with mortality, late presentation to nephrology, dialysis modality, haemodialysis vascular access, or pre-emptive kidney transplant listing, but was associated with reduced likelihood of listing for a deceased-donor transplant (hazard ratio [HR] 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.51-0.90), receiving a living-donor transplant (HR 0.41; 95% CI 0.19-0.88), or receiving a transplant from any donor type (HR 0.65; 95% CI 0.44-0.96). Limited health literacy is associated with reduced access to kidney transplantation, independent of patient demographics, socioeconomic status, and comorbidity. Interventions to ameliorate the effects of low health literacy may improve access to kidney transplantation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 December 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 April 2019
Published date: May 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 430337
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430337
ISSN: 0085-2538
PURE UUID: 58919be0-ef6b-49ef-bc04-a014f78a7944
ORCID for Simon Fraser: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-4406
ORCID for Geraldine Leydon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5986-3300
ORCID for Paul Roderick: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-6850

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Date deposited: 25 Apr 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:45

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Author: Dominic Taylor
Author: J. Andrew Bradley
Author: Clare Bradley
Author: Heather Draper
Author: Christopher Dudley
Author: Damian G. Fogarty
Author: Simon Fraser ORCID iD
Author: Rachel Johnson
Author: Wendy Metcalfe
Author: Gabriel C. Oniscu
Author: Matthew Robb
Author: Charles Tomson
Author: Christopher J.E. Watson
Author: Rommel Ravanan
Author: Paul Roderick ORCID iD
Corporate Author: ATTOM investigators

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