The Intersection of Gender and Resilience in The Kidney Transplant Experience: A Mixed Methods Study
- Logistics
- Virtual
- Anticipated time commitment
- 2 hours for pre-grant support
- Application deadline
- Type of Organ
- Kidney
- Opportunity Type
- Research Partner
- Theme
- T5 - Restoring Long-Term Health
Kidney transplantation (KT) has been described as a complex psychological experience that can generate mental distress and psychopathology.
Mental disorders are quite prevalent in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and those with a psychiatric diagnosis experience inferior graft outcomes and are at a higher risk of death. Also, the experiences of KTRs are gendered with women experiencing lower access to KT and differential outcomes as KTRs.
The goal of this project is to better illuminate the psychosocial dimensions of KT and how it varies by gender. Our overarching goal is to better support KTRs and improve their experiences and outcomes.
Experience required
Lived experience with kidney transplantation. Given the research topic surrounding gender, this project is seeking to onboard three patient partners—one who identifies as a sexual and gender minority, one male, and one female.
Potential roles for PFD Partners
As a patient partner, your insights and experiences would be invaluable in helping to shape the direction of this research and ensure that the perspectives of kidney transplant recipients are meaningfully included.
Your role would depend on how much you would like to be involved. For example, you could occasionally collaborate with our research team to provide feedback on the data collection methods and interpretation of the results in a way that is both relevant and impactful for patients.
Reimbursement
$50 per hour. Total hours to be disucssed and agreed upon between patient partners, researchers, and CDTRP.
How to get in touch
- Name
- Manuel Escoto
- Job title
- Director of Patient, Family, Donor Partnerships
- mescoto@cdtrp.ca
This project is led by a health services researcher with expertise in mixed methods who is supported by a clinical psychologist, a gender analysis specialist, a qualitative researcher and a clinical epidemiologist. The team also includes transplant nephrologists from four Canadian transplant programs, an ECR, a trainee, and 2 patient partners.