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. 2020 Jun 23;6(7):e575.
doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001026. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Educational Animations to Inform Transplant Candidates About Deceased Donor Kidney Options: An Efficacy Randomized Trial

Liise K Kayler  1   2   3 , Beth A Dolph  2 , Chelsea N Cleveland  1 , Maria M Keller  4 , Thomas H Feeley  5
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Educational Animations to Inform Transplant Candidates About Deceased Donor Kidney Options: An Efficacy Randomized Trial

Liise K Kayler et al. Transplant Direct. .

Abstract

Background: Transplant candidates struggle making decisions about accepting kidneys with variable kidney donor profile index (KDPI) and increased risk donor (IRD) status.

Methods: This single site, pilot randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of 2 animations to improve KDPI/IRD knowledge, decisional self-efficacy, and willingness. Kidney candidates were randomly assigned to animation viewing plus standard nurse discussion (intervention) or standard nurse discussion alone (control). Linear regression was used to test the significance of animation exposure after controlling for covariates (α < 0.1).

Results: Mean age was 60 years, and 27% were African American. Both intervention (n = 42) and control (n = 38) groups received similar education at similar duration (12.8 versus 11.8 min, respectively), usually by the same dedicated nurse educator (85% versus 75%, respectively). On multivariate analysis, the intervention group (versus control) exhibited significantly increased knowledge (β = 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.66-1.77) and IRD willingness (β = 0.22; 95% confidence interval, 0.05-0.86). There were no between-group differences in KDPI >85% willingness or distribution of KDPI/IRD decisional self-efficacy. Over 90% of participants provided positive ratings on each of 11 acceptability items.

Conclusions: Supporting conventional IRD and KDPI education with educational animations can improve knowledge and IRD willingness compared with standard methods.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Screenshots of the simplifyKDPI and IRD 1-2-3 videos. IRD, increased risk donor; KDPI, kidney donor profile index.
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