Development of Discharge Education Video for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Johns Hopkins University24 enrolled

Overview

Audiovisual teaching aids can play a significant role for the retention of new material and help overcome barriers such as the physical presence or time restrictions of an instructor. In a clinical setting, multimedia health education can offer an advantage over traditional didactic teaching by engaging patients through visual content and unlimited accessibility. A critical factor to long-term survival of solid organ transplant recipients is compliance to post-transplantation medication and follow-up patient care. Transplant pharmacists serve on multidisciplinary care teams as the medication experts that provide discharge education to recipients and caregivers often at the bedside. The adoption of digital multimedia content for patient education can increase engagement of diverse learning styles while simultaneously reducing potential time conflicts in hospital practice. This study contributes to the literature by assessing the effectiveness of discharge education video(s) on patient satisfaction and knowledge levels which are currently limited.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Educational Activities Organ Transplants

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are solid organ transplant recipients at Johns Hopkins Hospital * Patients who are being managed by an adult solid-organ transplant surgical service * Patients who can speak and read the English language Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with language access services needs will be excluded * Patients who do not meet inclusion criteria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient Transplant Medication and Care Knowledge

Change in performance pre and post-education based on responses to questionnaire

Time frame: Pre- and post-education; pre-education assessment will be completed as soon as feasible after transplant (estimate 1-3 days) and consent; post-education assessment will be completed as soon as is feasible after initial education (estimate 0-2 days)

Patient Satisfaction with Educational Method

Difference in satisfaction as determined by response to questionnaire post education. A single question score from 1 to 10 will be used, with 10 being highest satisfaction and 1 being the lowest level of satisfaction

Time frame: As soon as feasible post-education, in concert with post-education knowledge assessment (estimate 0-2 days)

Secondary Outcomes

Pharmacist Time Requirement

Time required by pharmacist for education

Time frame: As soon as feasible post-education (estimate 0-2 days)