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Trial reportBMC nephrology2012

Multisystemic engagement and nephrology based educational intervention: a randomized controlled trial protocol on the KidneyTteam At Home study.

Sohal Y Ismail, Annemarie E Luchtenburg, Willij C Zuidema, Charlotte Boonstra, Willem Weimar, Emma K Massey, Jan J Busschbach

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC nephrology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Interventions for increasing solid organ donor registration.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
    Pooled it
  3. The Multidisciplinary Support To Access living donor Kidney Transplant (MuST AKT) intervention: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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  7. Educating Patients about CKD: The Path to Self-Management and Patient-Centered Care.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2016
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  8. Readiness of wait-listed black patients to pursue live donor kidney transplant.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sohal Y IsmailDepartment of Medical Psychology, Erasmus MC, Burg, s' Jacobplein 51, Rotterdam, CA, 3015, The Netherlands. s.ismail@erasmusmc.nl
Annemarie E Luchtenburg
Willij C Zuidema
Charlotte Boonstra
Willem Weimar
Emma K Massey
Jan J Busschbach

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLiving donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the most successful form of renal replacement therapy in terms of wait time and survival rates. However, we observed a significant inequality in the number of LDKT performed between the Dutch and the non-Dutch patients. The objective of this study is to adapt, implement and test an educational home-based intervention to contribute to the reduction of this inequality. Our aim is to establish this through guided communication together with the social network of the patients in an attempt that well-informed decisions regarding renal replacement therapy can be made: Multisystemic Engagement & Nephrology. This manuscript is a detailed description of the Kidney Team At Home-study protocol. METHODS AND

designAll patients (>18 yrs) that are referred to the pre-transplantation outpatient clinic are eligible to participate in the study. Patients will be randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control group. The control group will continue to receive standard care. The experimental group will receive standard care plus a home-based educational intervention. The intervention consists of two sessions at the patient's home, an initial session with the patient and a second session for which individuals from their social network are invited to take part. Based on the literature and behavioural change theories we hypothesize that reducing hurdles in knowledge, risk perception, subjective norm, self-efficacy, and communication contribute to well-informed decision making and reducing inequality in accessing LDKT programs. A change in these factors is consequently our primary outcome-measure. Based on power calculations, we aim to include 160 patients over a period of two years. DISCUSSION: If we are able to show that this home-based group educational intervention contributes to 1) achieving well-informed decision regarding treatment and 2) reducing the inequality in LDKT, the quality of life of patients will be improved while healthcare costs are reduced. As the intervention is investigated in a random heterogeneous patient group in daily practice, the transfer to clinical practice in other kidney transplant centers should be relatively easy.

trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register, NTR2730.

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Home Care ServicesHumansKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationLiving DonorsNephrologyPatient Care TeamPatient Education as TopicProspective Studies

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PMID22824537
PMCPMC3529691

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