eHealth Usability in Living Kidney Donation

NCT04791670 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: eHealth/HUS/501
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 122
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Several web portals for patients are available, but an assessment of their performance is scarce. This is of particular interest among candidates for kidney living donation. A crucial aspect of living donation is to provide standardized information about the risks of the procedure. In 2019 it was launched a personalized digital care path for kidney living candidates, which contains information about the donation process and facilitates the communication between clinicians, transplant coordinators, and patients, enabling telemedicine. We aim to investigate living donor candidates' experience with the Health Village web portal and the digital care path for living donor candidates. The secondary aim is to investigate their attitude of living donor candidates to eHealth services.

Conditions

Living Kidney Donation

Keywords

eHealth; value-based healthcare

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Patient´s experience

  Measured with Likert scale

  4 months

• Patient´s e-Health literature

  Measured with Likert scale

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Gender differences

  4 months

Interventions

survey study OTHER

The surveys will include general data, the type of electronic devices in possession and the purpose of use. eHealth literacy will be assessed with the eHeals questionnaire. Platform's ease of use will be assessed with the System Usability Scale, and participants´ opinion about the digital path utility with six questions. These items will be answered with a Likert-scale. Finally, we added an open question for qualitative analysis.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All living donor candidates who contacted the living donor transplant coordinator, and were considered initially suitable for kidney donation.

You may qualify if:

• Living donor candidates from Helsinki area, from 2019 onwards

You may not qualify if:

• Living donor candidates from other areas of the country
• non-Finnish speakers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Helsinki University Central Hospital: lead
• University of Oulu: collaborator

Related Publications (2)

• Ortiz F, Grasberger J, Ekstrand A, Helantera I, Giunti G. Interactive Health Technology Tool for Kidney Living Donor Assessment to Standardize the Informed Consent Process: Usability and Qualitative Content Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Jul 9;8:e47785. doi: 10.2196/47785.

  PMID: 38981119 DERIVED

• Ortiz F, Giunti G. Usability assessment of an interactive health technology for kidney living donors: protocol for a prospective cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 3;12(1):e051166. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051166.

  PMID: 34980611 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Longitudinal Studies

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cohort Studies; Epidemiologic Studies; Epidemiologic Study Characteristics; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Fernanda Ortiz, PhD, MD

  Helsinki University Central Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Fernanda Ortiz, PhD, MD

CONTACT

+358504270795; fernanda.ortiz@hus.fi

Guido Giunti, PhD, MD

CONTACT

+358469213799; guido.giunti@oulu.fi

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Nephrologist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 7, 2021
• First Posted: March 10, 2021
• Study Start: March 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2021
• Study Completion: October 1, 2021
• Last Updated: March 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03