Assessment of Living Donors and Transplant Candidates

The process for selecting, treating and managing transplant donors and candidates is complex and involves biological, cognitive and psychosocial elements. Most transplant teams include a psychosocial component in their protocol – and with the rise of guidelines in this area – the assessment of these factors has become an expectation for best practice.

Our psychosocial assessments can help members of the transplant team throughout the transplant process – with both donors and candidates. Social workers, nurses, physicians and psychologists use our tests to help assess:

• Motivations, risks and expectations of procedure
• Psychosocial capacity and need for referral for more in-depth evaluation
• Social support
• Negative health habits like substance abuse; coping styles, and life satisfaction issues
• Adherence to treatment regimens

The data provided by these tests can help practitioners share valuable information across the healthcare team, facilitate communication with the patient and family, develop effective treatment plans, and measure treatment outcomes like quality of life.

Guidelines

Guidelines for the Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Unrelated Kidney Donors in the U.S.

CMS Conditions of Participation for Transplant Centers

Adult Personality - Adolescent Personality - Biopsychosocial - Careers - Achievement/Cognitive
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