title: Does a predialysis education program increase the number of pre-emptive renal transplantations?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Renal transplantation (RT) is the most appropriate form of treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Pre-emptive RT decreases the rates of delayed graft function and acute rejection episodes, increasing patient and graft survival, while reducing costs and complications associated with dialysis. In this study, we investigated the relationship between a predialysis education program (PDEP) for patients and their relatives and pre-emptive RT.
  
  
  METHODS
  We divided 88 live donor kidney transplant recipients into 2 groups: transplantation without education (non-PDEP group; n = 27), and enrollment in an education program before RT (PDEP group n = 61).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five patients in the non-PDEP group underwent pre-emptive transplantation, versus 26 of the PDEP group. The rate of pre-emptive transplantations was significantly higher among the educated (42.62%) versus the noneducated group (18.51%; P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PDEP increased the number of pre-emptive kidney transplantations among ESRD patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cankaya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gulcan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uyanik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kisaoglu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozogul
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydinli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D006435:Renal Dialysis