Trial reportScientific reports2017
Improving Dialysis Adherence for High Risk Patients Using Automated Messaging: Proof of Concept.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Enhancing treatment adherence in dialysis patients through digital health interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Renal failure · 2025Pooled it
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- The effect of oral care education and reminder cards on patients receiving hemodialysis treatment: a quasi-experimental study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Emergency Department Utilization after Initiation of Intermittent Hemodialysis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Regina, Saskatchewan.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2026Article
- Reach, Acceptability, and Patient Preferences of a Mobile Health-Based Survey to Assess COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients Receiving Dialysis.Kidney medicine · 2024Article
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- Immersive virtual reality in a northern Queensland haemodialysis unit: Study protocol for a cross-over randomized controlled feasibility trial (ACTRN12621000732886).Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- African Americans' Hemodialysis Treatment Adherence Data Assessment and Presentation: A Precision-Based Paradigm Shift to Support Quality Improvement Activities.Kidney medicine · 2022Article
- Opportunities in the cloud or pie in the sky? Current status and future perspectives of telemedicine in nephrology.Clinical kidney journal · 2021Review
- [Digital nephrology].Der nephrologe · 2021Article
- Disinfectants in a Hemodialysis Setting: Antifungal Activity AgainstFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
- Association of Patient-Reported Difficulty with Adherence with Achievement of Clinical Targets Among Hemodialysis Patients.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Article
- Interventions Incorporating Therapeutic Alliance to Improve Hemodialysis Treatment Adherence in Black Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) in the United States: A Systematic Review.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Review
- Progress in the Development and Challenges for the Use of Artificial Kidneys and Wearable Dialysis Devices.Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Patient Engagement and Cost Savings Achieved by Automated Telemonitoring Systems Designed to Prevent and Identify Surgical Site Infections After Joint Replacement.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of Text Messaging and Face to Face Training on Improving Knowledge and Quality of Life of Patients undergoing Hemodialysis: a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of caring sciences · 2018Article
- A Novel Patient Engagement Platform Using Accessible Text Messages and Calls (Epharmix): Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2017Article
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Abstract
Comorbidities and socioeconomic barriers often limit patient adherence and self-management with hemodialysis. Missed sessions, often associated with communication barriers, can result in emergency dialysis and avoidable hospitalizations. This proof of concept study explored using a novel digital-messaging platform, EpxDialysis, to improve patient-to-dialysis center communication via widely available text messaging and telephone technology. A randomized controlled trial was conducted through Washington University-affiliated hemodialysis centers involving ESRD patients with poor attendance, defined as missing 2-6 sessions over the preceding 12 weeks. A cross-over study design evaluated appointment adherence between intervention and control groups. Comparing nonadherence rates eight weeks prior to enrollment, median appointment adherence after using the system increased by 75%, and median number of unintended hospitalization days fell by 31%. A conservative cost-benefit analysis of EpxDialysis demonstrates a 1:36 savings ratio from appointment adherence. EpxDialysis is a low-risk, cost-effective, intervention for increasing hemodialysis adherence in high-risk patients, especially at centers caring for vulnerable and low-income patients.
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