Communicating About Choices in Transplantation (COACH)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in engagement in discussion of living and deceased donor transplantation
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to test the impact of a newly developed educational program on kidney transplant candidates' communication about living and deceased donor kidney transplantation.
详细描述
The Communicating about Choices (COACH) in Transplantation program educates patients with end stage renal disease, who are waitlisted for kidney transplantation, about kidney disease and the risks, benefits and processes for both living and deceased donor transplantation. The program also teaches key communication skills needed to effectively initiate and manage conversations about transplantation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Wait listed for kidney transplantation in active status
- •Adult (at least 18 years of age)
- •English speaking
- •Capable of making medical decisions (i.e., not cognitively impaired)
- •Non-institutionalized
排除标准
- •Not listed for kidney transplantation
研究组 & 干预措施
Usual care
Patients in this arm will receive only the education offered by the transplant center, as required by Medicaid. Upon completion of all data collection activities, patients in this arm will be offered the program.
COACH Program
Participants randomized to the intervention condition will attend a COACH session held in a small group format. The session provides information on living and deceased donor transplantation (i.e., the processes, risks and benefits) and on the key communication skills needed to effectively initiate and maintain conversations about transplantation.
干预措施: COACH Program (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in engagement in discussion of living and deceased donor transplantation
时间窗: Baseline (upon enrollment); 1 month post; 3 months post
2 self-report items: whether transplantation was discussed (yes/no) and the number of discussions held
Change in knowledge of living and deceased donor transplant
时间窗: Upon enrollment (baseline); 1 month post; 2 months post
15 True/False Questions
次要结局
- Change in intentions to discuss living and deceased donor transplantation(Upon enrollment (baseline); 1 month post; 3 months post)