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SUBMITTER: Grady KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904510 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grady Kathleen L KL Andrei Adin-Cristian AC Shankel Tamara T Chinnock Richard R Miyamoto Shelley D SD Ambardekar Amrut V AV Anderson Allen A Addonizio Linda L Latif Farhana F Lefkowitz Debra D Goldberg Lee R LR Hollander Seth A SA Pham Michael M Van't Hof Kathleen K Weissberg-Benchell Jill J Yancy Clyde C Liu Menghan M Melody Nichole N Pahl Elfriede E
Journal of cardiac failure 20190702 12
<h4>Background</h4>Young-adult heart transplant recipients transferring to adult care are at risk for poor health outcomes. We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to determine the feasibility of and to test a transition intervention for young adults who underwent heart transplantation as children and then transferred to adult care.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were randomized to the transition intervention (4 months long, focused on heart-transplant knowledge, self-care, self-advocacy, ...[more]