Sun Protection of Kidney Transplant Recipients
21. april 2015 oppdatert av: June Robinson, Northwestern University
Internet-Based Sun Protection Program for Kidney Transplantation Recipients
This study is being done to evaluate the effectiveness of a Sun Protection Strategies internet-based program for kidney transplant recipients.
Since the medication taken to preserve the kidney transplant puts kidney transplant recipients at increased risk of developing a sunburn as well a skin cancer, the program will help people learn how to practice effective sun protection for their condition.
Studieoversikt
Status
Fullført
Intervensjon / Behandling
Detaljert beskrivelse
Cognitive interviews about an internet-based sun protection strategies program will be performed with up to 45 kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) who have participated in past surveys. A second group of 150 KTRs will be asked to evaluate the internet-based module for the effectiveness of information. A third group of 12 KTRs will be asked to evaluate the internet-based module for usability. A fourth group of 160 KTRs will be asked to take part in a randomized controlled trial evaluating the fully developed internet-based sun protection strategies program.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at risk to develop skin cancer. Adequate sun protection after transplantation can reduce the risk of developing skin cancer. In 2006, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) found that sun protection education delivery and content varied among transplantation centers. Clinicians rarely knew when to initiate education about skin cancer risks and prevention including timing and scope, and rarely demonstrated understanding of the importance of reminders for and repeated education of patients. (National Kidney Foundation 2006) The NKF supported standard, formal, well timed skin cancer prevention information and sending reminders to KTRs at the beginning of summer.
Aims:
- To explore culturally sensitive use of terms describing ethnic cultural perceptions of sun burning, pigment darkening after sun exposure and description of skin color by the amount of photoprotective pigment in the skin.
- To pilot test the internet-based sun protection brochure with English speaking KTRs representing 3 ethnic groups: White, Black and Hispanic.
- To explore understanding of the importance of sun protection and the KTRs' confidence in their being able to practice sun protection.
Studietype
Intervensjonell
Registrering (Faktiske)
335
Fase
- Ikke aktuelt
Kontakter og plasseringer
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Studiesteder
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Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois, Forente stater, 60611
- Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation
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Deltakelseskriterier
Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
18 år til 85 år (Voksen, Eldre voksen)
Tar imot friske frivillige
Nei
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Alle
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with a history of kidney transplantation within the last 5 years
- Speaks English
- Can see to read
- Lives in the greater Chicago area and can attend a cognitive interview session
- 18-85 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to speak English
- Cognitive impairment or neurologic disease
- Dementia or insufficient cognitive skills to follow instructions provided at a sixth grade language level
- Has had a skin cancer
Studieplan
Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Primært formål: Forebygging
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Enkelt
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / Behandling |
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Eksperimentell: Sun Protection Education
Distribution of the internet-based sun protection educational program.
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Prior to summer, KTRs who agree to participate will receive a text message with their access code to the Internet intervention to access from their homes on a personal device.
After online completion of baseline assessments, participants will be randomized to receive the intervention or general skin care information (control).
Following the initial use, the participants may revisit the Internet intervention on a personal device or at the doctor's office on a tablet PC.
Over the next 6 weeks, sun protection text reminders will be sent to intervention KTRs' cell phones and they will respond that they read the message.
Control participants will receive text messages about general skin care.
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Ingen inngripen: Control
Distribution of general skin care information.
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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Use of sun protection
Tidsramme: 6 weeks
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Use of sun protection will be measured using 10 questions about what a person regularly does in summer during a warm sunny day and during a cloudy day regarding: 1) use of sunscreen; 2) wearing hat; 3) shirt with sleeves; 4) sunglasses; and 5) staying in the shade.
The scores for these questions will be summed to derive a dichotomous measure of sun protection use (1= use of sun protection often or always; 0 otherwise).
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6 weeks
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Level of sun burn or skin irritation from the sun
Tidsramme: 6 weeks
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Three telephone interviews will be done on Mondays after at least 2 holiday weekends in which the weather is reported as sunny or partly sunny by the national weather service (Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day) as well as one sunny non-holiday weekend.
The KTR will be asked if they experienced a sunburn or skin irritation.
The response will be dichotomous (yes/no).
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6 weeks
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Forearm skin pigment
Tidsramme: 6 weeks
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Skin pigment as measured by reflectance spectrophotometry, ranging from limited [225 area-under-the-curve (AUIC)] to dense (75 AUIC).
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6 weeks
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Sponsor
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: June K. Robinson, M.D., Northwestern University
Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker
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Generelle publikasjoner
- Robinson JK, Friedewald JJ, Desai A, Gordon EJ. Response Across the Health-Literacy Spectrum of Kidney Transplant Recipients to a Sun-Protection Education Program Delivered on Tablet Computers: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Cancer. 2015 Aug 18;1(2):e8. doi: 10.2196/cancer.4787.
- Robinson JK, Guevara Y, Gaber R, Clayman ML, Kwasny MJ, Friedewald JJ, Gordon EJ. Efficacy of a sun protection workbook for kidney transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial of a culturally sensitive educational intervention. Am J Transplant. 2014 Dec;14(12):2821-9. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12932. Epub 2014 Nov 13.
- Guevara Y, Gaber R, Clayman ML, Gordon EJ, Friedewald J, Robinson JK. Sun protection education for diverse audiences: need for skin cancer pictures. J Cancer Educ. 2015 Mar;30(1):187-9. doi: 10.1007/s13187-014-0661-7.
Studierekorddatoer
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Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
1. november 2013
Primær fullføring (Faktiske)
1. mars 2015
Studiet fullført (Faktiske)
1. mars 2015
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
13. juli 2012
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
17. juli 2012
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
20. juli 2012
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
23. april 2015
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
21. april 2015
Sist bekreftet
1. april 2015
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Andre studie-ID-numre
- STU00058220
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