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Alternative Title:
BMC Nephrol
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-256
Personal Author:
Weng, Francis L ; Brown, Diane R ; Peipert, John D ; Holland, Bart ; Waterman, Amy D
Weng, Francis L ; Brown, Diane R ; Peipert, John D ; Holland, Bart ; Waterman, Amy D Less -
Description:
Background

The best treatment option for end-stage renal disease is usually a transplant, preferably a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT). The most effective ways to educate kidney transplant candidates about the risks, benefits, and process of LDKT remain unknown.

Methods/design

We report the protocol of the Enhancing Living Donor Kidney Transplant Education (ELITE) Study, a cluster randomized trial of an educational intervention to be implemented during initial transplant evaluation at a large, suburban U.S. transplant center. Five hundred potential transplant candidates are cluster randomized (by date of visit) to receive either: (1) standard-of-care (“usual”) transplant education, or (2) intensive education that is based upon the Explore Transplant series of educational materials. Intensive transplant education includes viewing an educational video about LDKT, receiving print education, and meeting with a transplant educator. The primary outcome consists of knowledge of the benefits, risks, and process of LDKT, assessed one week after the transplant evaluation. As a secondary outcome, knowledge and understanding of LDKT are assessed 3 months after the evaluation. Additional secondary outcomes, assessed one week and 3 months after the evaluation, include readiness, self-efficacy, and decisional balance regarding transplant and LDKT, with differences assessed by race. Although the unit of randomization is the date of the transplant evaluation visit, the unit of analysis will be the individual potential transplant candidate.

Discussion

The ELITE Study will help to determine how education in a transplant center can best be designed to help Black and non-Black patients learn about the option of LDKT.

Trial registration

Clinicaltrials.gov number NCT01261910


Subject:
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Educational Measurement
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Informed Consent
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Transplantation
Living Donors
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Education As Topic
Risk Factors

Source:
BMC Nephrol. 2013; 14:256.
Pubmed ID:
24245948
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3840671
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R39-OT-15059/OT/OSTLTS CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
New Jersey
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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