CKD Report Card Pilot Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: CKD

• Registration Number: NCT04119570
• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago

Brief Summary

The investigators will study physician-patient communication at the UCMC nephrology fellow clinic and to test an intervention, the CKD Report Card, to improve that communication and patient knowledge of CKD.

Detailed Description

The goals of the study are to 1) characterize the effectiveness and patient-centeredness of patient-physician interaction during a nephrology clinic visit both with and without use of the CKD Report Card, and 2) to determine which physician and patient characteristics are associated with effective and patient centered communication. There will be block enrollment. For Nephrology physicians who agreed to participate will complete a baseline questionnaire. Research assistants will approach patients of participating providers in clinic waiting rooms, with the goal of enrolling patients for each provider For half of the study, investigators will enroll patients in the study and observe patient-physician communication and use a survey measure CKD knowledge pre-visit and post-visit. For the second half of the study, investigators will give participants the CKD Report Card, an investigator-developed handout, to use during the clinic visit. Investigators will observe patient-physician communication and use a survey to measure CKD knowledge pre-visit and post-visit. For both groups, eligible participants will give informed consent and will complete a baseline questionnaire; research assistants will place a digital audio-recording device in the examination room to record the patient-provider encounter. Following the medical encounter, research assistants will administered an interview with patients, assessing demographic, social, and behavioral characteristics, as well as their experience of care and ratings of provider communication.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-15
• Study Completion: 2018-09-15
• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-07
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-08
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• English-speaking adult patients (age 18 or older)
• Identified in the medical record as non-Hispanic Black or non- Hispanic White
• seen in University of Chicago nephrology clinic with a participating nephrologist

Exclusion Criteria

• not able to communicate in English
• lacking ability to consent to study
• does not identify as non-Hispanic Black or non-Hispanic
• without chronic kidney disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CKD Knowledge	Change in CKD Knowledge from Baseline (pre-visit) to CKD Knowledge immediately post clinic visit (within 15-100 minutes post-clinic visit)	Kidney Disease Knowledge Survey (KiKs)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
communication assessment	immediately post-nephrology clinic visit (on day of enrollment, within 15-100 minutes post-clinic visit)	communication assessment tool (CAT)
patient-physician interaction	immediately post-nephrology clinic visit (on day of enrollment, within 15-100 minutes post-clinic visit)	Perceived efficacy in patient-physician interactions (PEPPI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Chicago Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States