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A Web Application for Improving Communication on Hemodialysis Rounds

NCT03605875 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2020-03-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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))

Conditions

  • Hemodialysis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Web-App

Cambian IT Health solutions from Surrey BC developed the infrastructure

BEHAVIORAL

Paper

Contains similar questions to the Web-App tool

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie Thompson, MD PhD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-28
Primary Completion
2018-12-12
Completion
2019-12-13

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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