Duke Transplant University

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Medication Adherence; Patient Satisfaction; Patient Empowerment; Kidney Transplant; Complications

Treatments: Behavioral: SOC + Educational Videos Designed Especially for post-transplant patients

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04219839

PRO00102663

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to determine the effectiveness of educational videos for patients who have just had kidney transplant compared to usual patient education practices. Eligible patients will have the opportunity to enroll in this study after their transplant procedure either before hospital discharge or at their first follow up clinic visit.

Full description

Participants will then complete a demographic survey and knowledge assesment to establish their baseline of knowledge regarding post-transplant care, medication adherence and patient satisfaction. Participants will then be randomly selected to receive either the usual patient education care provided for patients following kidney transplant, or to receive the usual care plus access to educational videos designed especially for post- transplant patients. Videos can be viewed on a tablet computer with their transplant team during clinic visits and at home using a smartphone.

At 3 months post-transplant, all participants will be asked to repeat the knowledge assessment. Hospital re-admissions and patient satisfaction will be measured at 6 months after transplant.

Enrollment: 83 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• recent kidney transplant recipients
• competent with the capacity to give legal written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to sign informed consent.
• Patients with delirium, dementia, or other cognitive impairment that would not allow informed consent to enter the study.
• patients with severe vision or auditory impairment who are unable to view or hear electronic videos at close range.
• patients who are unable to understand the English language.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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83 participants in 2 patient groups

SOC only patient education post- kidney transplant

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive only SOC patient education following kidney transplant

SOC + Videos for patient education post-kidney transplant

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group receive SOC patient education following kidney transplant and access to educational videos designed specifically for post-kidney transplant patients.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SOC + Educational Videos Designed Especially for post-transplant patients