Open AccessDiscrepancies between Perceived and Measured Cognition in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Implications for Clinical Management
Author(s) -
Aditi Gupta,
Tashra S. Thomas,
Jeffrey A. Klein,
Robert N. Montgomery,
Jonathan D. Mahnken,
David K. Johnson,
David A. Drew,
Mark J. Sarnak,
Jeffrey M. Burns
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000481182
Subject(s) - medicine , montreal cognitive assessment , cognition , cognitive impairment , psychiatry
Cognitive impairment is common in kidney transplant (KT) recipients and affects quality of life, graft survival, morbidity, and mortality. Failure to identify patients with cognitive impairment can withhold appropriate and timely intervention. This study determines whether measured cognition with standard screening tools offers any advantage over perceived cognition in screening transplant patients for cognitive impairment.