A Web Application for Improving Communication on Hemodialysis Rounds

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

77 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-28

Study Completion Date

2019-12-13

Brief Summary

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To evaluate a web application tool that hemodialysis patients can use outside of dialysis time to log and prioritize their concerns for the nephrologists. Specifically, the investigators will compare the usability of a web application tool to a structured paper form. The investigators will also use data from semi-structured interviews to better understand the experience and acceptability of the web app among patient participants randomized to the web application and among participating nephrologists.

Primary outcome

-Usability (effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction)

Secondary outcomes

-Quality of the patient-physician interaction (Communication Assessment Tool (CAT-14))

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Detailed Description

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Usability is defined as Effectiveness (\>70%)

* Number of people submitting a concern/ number of people with opportunity to submit a concern
* Number of concerns entered/number of times concern was satisfactorily addressed

Efficiency

* Proportion of non-completed tasks (\<70%)
* The amount of time to complete one concern

Satisfaction

* Semistructured interviews
* Usability survey

Conditions

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Hemodialysis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

1:1 allocation

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Web-App

A customized web-app tool to be used by patients to communicate concerns to their nephrologist

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Web-App

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cambian IT Health solutions from Surrey BC developed the infrastructure

Paper

A customized paper tool to be used by patients to communicate concerns to their nephrologist

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Paper

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contains similar questions to the Web-App tool

Interventions

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Web-App

Cambian IT Health solutions from Surrey BC developed the infrastructure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Paper

Contains similar questions to the Web-App tool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Chronic in-center hemodialysis patients in Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba
* Able to provide consent, understand and read English or have a family member that can do this for them