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NCT Number: NCT02165423

Discharge to Home and Chronic Illness Care Pilot

The purpose of this study is to address a gap in knowledge needed for care of children with solid organ transplantation (SOT) and their parents by combining mHealth technology with an individualized family centered self-management intervention (referred to as myFAMI). This study is critical to the increased understanding of hospital to home transition and family management at home with the potential to transform the way clinicians approach the care of complex chronic illness children and families.

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Key information

Conditions

Solid Organ Transplant

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • parent's child has undergone a heart, kidney, or liver transplant and is being discharged home from the hospital
  • the parent is English speaking (to date the tools being used have been validated for English participants only)
  • parent is 18 years of age or older
  • patient is 17 years of age and younger.

Exclusion criteria

  • presence of significant communication or cognitive impairment on the part of the parent that would preclude completion of questionnaires based on self-report
  • parent and child has experienced the discharge to home transition from a previous transplant.

Treatment and study plan

myFAMI iPad application

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of myFAMI on 30-day post-discharge outcomes.

    Time frame: 30 days following enrollment

    Hypothesis: Compared to parents who received standard discharge preparation (usual care), parents receiving myFAMI will report:

    i) Better care coordination, ii) Higher quality of discharge teaching, iii) Greater readiness for hospital discharge, iv) Improved post-discharge coping, v) Improved family functioning, vi) Better self-management of medication and treatment regimens vii) Fewer emergency department visits and hospital readmissions

Secondary outcomes

  1. Examine the acceptability of myFAMI:

    Time frame: Enrollment plus 30 days

    • Examine the acceptability of myFAMI: The content of the interview will focus on strengths and weaknesses of iPad® technology in preparing parents for hospital discharge utilizing both survey and qualitative questions

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical College of Wisconsin

Other

Collaborators

  • Children's National Research Institute

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 17, 2014
Registry last updated
Mar 7, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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