Discharge to Home and Chronic Illness Care Pilot

Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Trial

Official title:

Discharge to Home and Chronic Illness Care Pilot

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02165423
• Other study ID #: CHW 14/66
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: October 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

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.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Solid Organ Transplant

Intervention

Behavioral:
• myFAMI iPad application

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Children's Hospital of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wisconsin

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical College of Wisconsin	Children's Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evaluate the effectiveness of myFAMI on 30-day post-discharge outcomes.	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	30 days following enrollment
Secondary	Examine the acceptability of myFAMI:	2. 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	Enrollment plus 30 days