Elisa J. Gordon|Joe Feinglass|Paula Carney|Karina Vera|María Mercedes Balcells Oliveró|Arthur D. Black|Kate O’Connor|Jessica Mac Lean Baumgart|Juan Carlos Caicedo
A Website Intervention to Increase Knowledge About Living Kidney Donation and Transplantation Among Hispanic/Latino Dialysis Patients
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Chicago State University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Grant Healthcare Foundation|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern Memorial Hospital
background hispanic dialysis patients often encounter barriers learning living kidney donation transplantation effective culturally targeted interventions increase knowledge lacking developed culturally targeted educational website enhance informed treatment decision making endstage kidney disease methods pretestposttest intervention study conducted among adult hispanic patients undergoing dialysis 5 dialysis centers chicago illinois surveys included 31item multiplechoice pretestposttest knowledge kidney transplantation living donation attitudes website internet use demographics intervention entailed viewing 3 6 website sections total 30 minutes pretestposttest administered immediately intervention participants completed second posttest via telephone 3 weeks thereafter assess knowledge retention attitudes use website results sixtythree patients participated 96 participation rate website exposure associated mean 171 day knowledge score increase pretest posttest p lt 001 3 weeks participants knowledge scores remained 117 pretest p lt 001 greatest knowledge gain pretest 3week followup occurred treatment options p lt 0001 cultural beliefs myths p lt 0001 website sections participants 95 agreed strongly agreed would recommend website hispanics conclusions webbased education patients undergoing dialysis effectively increase hispanics knowledge transplantation living kidney donation study limitations include small sample size single geographic region study dialysis facilities could enable website access method satisfying policy requirements provide education kidney transplantation