Pediatric chronic kidney disease and the process of health care transition.

Abstract

Health care transition is a process that involves purposeful, planned efforts to prepare the pediatric patient to move from caregiver-directed care to disease self-management. Acquisition of sufficient disease self-management skills for a complex regimen requires cognitive ability consideration for each patient. Transition programs that involve patients, families, pediatric and adult health care providers, and interdisciplinary collaboration are key to ensuring a successful transfer to adult-focused health services. Tools to measure and diagnose the process of transition and acquisition of disease self-management skills are introduced. An evidence-based transition process requires planning and education, in addition to effective coordination.

• Authors: Maria E Ferris, John D Mahan
• Journal: Seminars in nephrology (Semin Nephrol) Vol. 29 Issue 4 Pg. 435-44 (Jul 2009) ISSN: 1558-4488 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19615564 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adolescent Health Services
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Continuity of Patient Care
• Delivery of Health Care
• Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
• Health Services
• Health Transition
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy)
• Patient Transfer
• Pediatrics
• Prevalence
• Self Care
• United States (epidemiology)
• Young Adult