Internet-Based Sun Protection Program for Kidney Transplantation Recipients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 335
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Use of sun protection
研究概览
简要总结
This study is being done to evaluate the effectiveness of a Sun Protection Strategies internet-based program for kidney transplant recipients. Since the medication taken to preserve the kidney transplant puts kidney transplant recipients at increased risk of developing a sunburn as well a skin cancer, the program will help people learn how to practice effective sun protection for their condition.
详细描述
Cognitive interviews about an internet-based sun protection strategies program will be performed with up to 45 kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) who have participated in past surveys. A second group of 150 KTRs will be asked to evaluate the internet-based module for the effectiveness of information. A third group of 12 KTRs will be asked to evaluate the internet-based module for usability. A fourth group of 160 KTRs will be asked to take part in a randomized controlled trial evaluating the fully developed internet-based sun protection strategies program.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at risk to develop skin cancer. Adequate sun protection after transplantation can reduce the risk of developing skin cancer. In 2006, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) found that sun protection education delivery and content varied among transplantation centers. Clinicians rarely knew when to initiate education about skin cancer risks and prevention including timing and scope, and rarely demonstrated understanding of the importance of reminders for and repeated education of patients. (National Kidney Foundation 2006) The NKF supported standard, formal, well timed skin cancer prevention information and sending reminders to KTRs at the beginning of summer.
Aims:
- To explore culturally sensitive use of terms describing ethnic cultural perceptions of sun burning, pigment darkening after sun exposure and description of skin color by the amount of photoprotective pigment in the skin.
- To pilot test the internet-based sun protection brochure with English speaking KTRs representing 3 ethnic groups: White, Black and Hispanic.
- To explore understanding of the importance of sun protection and the KTRs' confidence in their being able to practice sun protection.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Subjects with a history of kidney transplantation within the last 5 years
- •Speaks English
- •Can see to read
- •Lives in the greater Chicago area and can attend a cognitive interview session
- •18-85 years old
排除标准
- •Unable to speak English
- •Cognitive impairment or neurologic disease
- •Dementia or insufficient cognitive skills to follow instructions provided at a sixth grade language level
- •Has had a skin cancer
结局指标
主要结局
Use of sun protection
时间窗: 6 weeks
Use of sun protection will be measured using 10 questions about what a person regularly does in summer during a warm sunny day and during a cloudy day regarding: 1) use of sunscreen; 2) wearing hat; 3) shirt with sleeves; 4) sunglasses; and 5) staying in the shade. The scores for these questions will be summed to derive a dichotomous measure of sun protection use (1= use of sun protection often or always; 0 otherwise).
次要结局
- Forearm skin pigment(6 weeks)
- Level of sun burn or skin irritation from the sun(6 weeks)
研究者
June Robinson
Research Professor of Dermatology
Northwestern University