A Study of Acute Kidney Injury in Care Transitions

Mayo Clinic50 enrolled

Overview

This research is being done to develop materials and processes that will help facilitate education and kidney care coordination for AKI survivors.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Interventions

AKI in Care Transitions (ACT) programBEHAVIORAL

Multicomponent transitional support bundle that includes consultation from nurse educators before discharge to deliver kidney health education and coordination of appointments post-discharge.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- Participants will be recruited from those identified by a developed electronic health record list of patients with stage III AKI (severe) during a hospitalization based on serum creatinine rise or urine output decline from Olmsted County. Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia. * Non-English speaking. * Expected to be dismissed to a skilled nursing facility or hospice at discharge. * Expected to need dialysis at discharge. * Primary Care Transitions Program enrollment. * Transplant recipients within 100 days of transplant. * Can only have one time enrollment.

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Subjects to Complete the ACT Program

Total number of subjects to complete the full ACT program intervention

Time frame: 30 days after hospitalization

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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