Knowledge and Attitude of Dialysis Center Medical Staff Towards Living Kidney Donation

April 2, 2023 updated by: Paulina Kurleto, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

The goal of this cross-sectional study is to learn about the level of knowledge and attitudes of medical staff working in dialysis centers about living kidney donations. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • What is the level of knowledge of dialysis center medical staff regarding living kidney transplantations?
  • How much time does the staff have for educating the patients about living kidney donations? Participants will be asked to answer a self-report questionnaire along with two standardized tools.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

500

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Poland
      • Kraków, Poland, 30-705
        • Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Dialysis center workers (doctors, nurses)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Voluntary consent to participate in the study.
  • Communicative knowledge of the Polish language.
  • Each potential participant will receive comprehensive information about the purpose and course of the study before participating in the study and will consent to the study.
  • Dialysis station employee: doctor, nurse.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no consent
  • no communicative knowledge of the Polish language
  • not working in dialysis center currently

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Knowledge and attitudes of dialysis centers medical workers toward living kidney donations.
Time Frame: 22 months
Knowledge and attitudes will be measured using a 38-item self-report questionnaire with single and multi-choice questions.
22 months
How satisfaction with life impacts attitudes toward living kidney donation
Time Frame: 22 months

Polish adaptations of a standardized tool will be used to measure satisfaction with life.

Satisfaction with Life Scale with responses measured using a 7-point Likert scale, where: 7-I strongly agree, 6-I agree, 5-I tend to agree, 4-I neither agree nor disagree, 3-I tend to disagree, 2-I disagree, 1-I strongly disagree. The result of the measurement was a general indicator of the feeling of satisfaction with life ranging from 5 to 35 points (scores of 20 are considered neutral).
22 months
How self-esteem impacts attitudes toward living kidney donation
Time Frame: 22 months

Polish adaptations of standardized tools will be used to measure self-esteem.

A 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with responses measured on a 4-item Likert scale where: 0 (strongly agree), 1 (agree), 2 (disagree), and 3 (strongly disagree). The maximum score is 30, and higher scores indicate higher self-esteem.
22 months
How empathy impacts attitudes toward living kidney donation
Time Frame: 22 months

Polish adaptations of standardized tools will be used to measure empathy.

Davis' Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), a 28-item self-report questionnaire using a 5-item Likert scale with two anchors (A=Does not describe me well; E=Describes me very well). The IRI covers multiple dimensions of empathy.
22 months
How self-efficacy impacts attitudes toward living kidney donation
Time Frame: 22 monts

Polish adaptations of standardized tools will be used to measure self-efficacy.

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) with the total score calculated by finding the sum of all the items and ranges between 10 and 40, with a higher score indicating more self-efficacy.
22 monts

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 28, 2023

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 30, 2024

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 28, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 2, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 4, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 4, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 2, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • WLNZ/NoZ/3/2023

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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