Web-based Interactive Health Communication Application (IHCA) for Successful Home Dialysis (WISHED)

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Treatments

Behavioral: Interactive Health Communication Application

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01403454

11-3536

Grant

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves Chronic Kidney Disease patients that must choose the type of dialysis therapy they ultimately wish to perform. These patients receive education regarding dialysis types from nurses and Nephrologists at a Kidney Function Program. The investigators have developed a web-based Interactive Health Communication Application that could provide more education and support to patients about their dialysis choices. The investigators will compare patients that will receive usual care dialysis education versus patients that will receive additional education through this web-based application. The investigators feel that this tool may increase the proportion of patients who start home dialysis, which offers advantages such as improvement in quality of life and deceased overall healthcare costs, over hospital hemodialysis.

Enrollment

152 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

enrolled in Kidney Function Program (KFP)
previously received KFP-administered dialysis modality education
personal access to a home computer (ie. either their own or a close friend/family member) with internet access
most recent eGFR < or = 20mL/min/1.73m2

Exclusion criteria