Recruiting

Education vs. Web-Based Education

Sponsor:

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Code:

NCT01403454

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Interactive Health Communication Application

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Study ID

NCT01403454

Start date

Mar, 2012

Status verified date

Apr, 2016

Completion date

Jun, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2016

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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:

  • inability to provide informed consent
  • inability to use a home computer or internet
  • inability to understand English (written or spoke)
  • severe visual or auditory impairment

Study Design

Enrollment

152 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: usual care

active comparator: Health Communication Application

Interventions

Interactive Health Communication Application

web-based application

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of patients that start home-based dialysis. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Scott K Brimble, MD

905-522-1155brimbles@mcmaster.ca

Cathy Z Moreau, BSc

905-522-1155cmoreau@stjoes.ca

Locations

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Recruiting

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L9N 4A6

Contacts

Scott K Brimble, Dr.

905-522-1155brimbles@mcmaster.ca

Principal Investigator:

Scott K Brimble, Dr.

More Information

Sponsor

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Last update posted

Apr 19, 2016

Last verified

Apr, 2016

Keywords

  • chronic kidney disease
  • web-based application
  • dialysis education

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton on 2016-04-19.