Protocol of a cluster randomized trial of an educational intervention to increase knowledge of living donor kidney transplant among potential transplant candidates

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weng, Francis L ^a,b   Brown, Diane R ^b   Peipert, John D ^c   Holland, Bart ^b,d   Waterman, Amy D ^c  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Cluster randomization; Education; Kidney transplantation; Live kidney donor; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOWLEDGE; LIVING DONOR; LIVING DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887738931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-256     Document Type: Article

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