EHealth Based Self-management Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease Care in China

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Medical Dashboard based self-management intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04212923

201707040096

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop an evidence-based tailored eHealth self-management intervention for patients with chronic kidney disease in China, and test the impact on implementation and effectiveness of interventions.

Full description

Interventions that support disease self-management (further referred to as 'self-management interventions') can have a significant impact on the health and quality of life of patients suffering from chronic conditions in general and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in specific. In the last decade, the use of electronic health (eHealth) technology in self-management interventions has become more and more popular. EHealth-based self-management interventions have been shown to improve health-related outcomes, such as blood pressure (BP) control and medication adherence, and found to be feasible and acceptable for CKD patients and care professionals. Hence, the use of eHealth self-management interventions for CKD patients has become increasingly popular. Knowledge of the implementation and effectivity of such interventions in China and other developing countries is, however, still lacking. Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) developed 'Medical Dashboard', an eHealth intervention to help support and involve CKD patients in their disease self-management. We aim to tailor the evidence-based Dutch intervention 'Medical Dashboard' to the Chinese context and evaluate its implementation process and effectiveness.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients: (1) aged over 18 years old; (2) diagnosis of chronic kidney disease; (3) Chinese speaking.
• Health care providers who work in the Department of Nephrology

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals unable to participate due to physical or mental disabilities.
• Individuals unable to write or read.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Medical Dashboard based self-management intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Chronic kidney disease patients in the intervention group will receive the usual care plus the tailored 'Medical Dashboard' based self-management intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Medical Dashboard based self-management intervention

Usual care services

No Intervention group

Description:

Chronic kidney disease patients in the comparison group will receive usual care consisting of personalised in- and outpatient treatment based on symptoms experienced and disease severity, as outlined in the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO).