Development of Discharge Education Video for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Development of Discharge Education Video for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Conditions
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Educational Activities, Organ Transplants

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Educational Videos


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Patients in the standard of care arm will be enrolled through a specified date (currently targeting late February 2022, at which time enrolled patients will be included in the intervention group until data collection ceases in late April
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Standard of Care<br>Patients in the Standard of Care arm will receive pharmacist discharge education via fully in-person education as is currently being done. | |
| Experimental: Intervention<br>Patients in the Intervention arm will have access to pre-recorded educational videos covering key educational points. Patients will also have in-person interaction with pharmacists to address additional questions not covered in the videos. | Other: Educational Videos<br>* Series of six videos each covering a specific aspect of post-transplant care related to medication use or monitoring<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient Transplant Medication and Care Knowledge | Change in performance pre and post-education based on responses to questionnaire | 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 | As soon as feasible post-education, in concert with post-education knowledge assessment (estimate 0-2 days) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmacist Time Requirement | Time required by pharmacist for education | As soon as feasible post-education (estimate 0-2 days) |