Home run-results of a chronic kidney disease Telemedicine Patient Education Study

Andrea M Easom, Ashutosh M Shukla, Dumitru Rotaru, Songthip Ounpraseuth, Sudhir V Shah, John M Arthur, Manisha Singh, Andrea M Easom, Ashutosh M Shukla, Dumitru Rotaru, Songthip Ounpraseuth, Sudhir V Shah, John M Arthur, Manisha Singh

Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) incidence is increasing and associated mortality and morbidity are high. Educating patients is effective in delaying progression and establishing optimal renal replacement therapy (RRT). Tele-education/telemedicine (TM) can be an effective tool to provide such education, but there are no available data quantifying its effectiveness. We attempted to establish such evidence correlating the effect of education in patient choices and with the start of actual RRT. We present results from a 3-year pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of comprehensive predialysis education (CPE) through TM for CKD patients compared with a standard care group [face to face (FTF)]. The patient's ability to choose RRT was the primary endpoint.

Methods: This was a randomized controlled study providing CPE over three classes at nine sites (one FTF and eight TM). Three assessment tools were utilized to compare groups: CKD knowledge, literacy and quality of life.

Results: A total of 47.1% of FTF and 52.2% of TM patients reported not having enough information to choose a modality. This decreased by the third visit (FTF 7.4%, TM 13.2%). Home modality choices more than doubled in both groups (FTF 25.8-67.7%, TM 22.2-50.1%). In patients that completed one visit and needed to start RRT, 47% started on a home modality or received a pre-emptive transplant (home hemodialysis 6%, peritoneal dialysis 38%, transplant 3%).

Conclusions: Results show almost 90% (TM 87%, FTF 95%) of the attendees could choose a modality after education. Home modality choices doubled. Patients were able to make an informed choice regardless of the modality of education.

Keywords: CKD; awareness; home dialysis; patient education; tele-education.

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA.

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