Pragmatic Randomized, Controlled Trial of Patient Navigators and Enhanced Personal Health Records in CKD

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patient navigators and enhanced personal health records improve the quality of health care delivered in other disease states. We aimed to develop a navigator program for patients with CKD and an electronic health record-based enhanced personal health record to disseminate CKD stage-specific goals of care and education. We also conducted a pragmatic randomized clinical trial to compare the effect of a navigator program for patients with CKD with enhanced personal health record and compare their combination compared with usual care among patients with CKD stage 3b/4.

DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Two hundred and nine patients from six outpatient clinics (in both primary care and nephrology settings) were randomized in a 2×2 factorial design into four-study groups: (1) enhanced personal health record only, (2) patient navigator only, (3) both, and (4) usual care (control) group. Primary outcome measure was the change in eGFR over a 2-year follow-up period. Secondary outcome measures included acquisition of appropriate CKD-related laboratory measures, specialty referrals, and hospitalization rates.

RESULTS: Median age of the study population was 68 years old, and 75% were white. At study entry, 54% of patients were followed by nephrologists, and 88% were on renin-angiotensin system blockers. After a 2-year follow-up, rate of decline in eGFR was similar across the four groups (P=0.19). Measurements of CKD-related laboratory parameters were not significantly different among the groups. Furthermore, referral for dialysis education and vascular access placement, emergency room visits, and hospitalization rates were not statistically significant different between the groups.

CONCLUSIONS: We successfully developed a patient navigator program and an enhanced personal health record for the CKD population. However, there were no differences in eGFR decline and other outcomes among the study groups. Larger and long-term studies along with cost-effectiveness analyses are needed to evaluate the role of patient navigators and patient education through an enhanced personal health record in those with CKD.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Sep 7;12 (9):1375-1376. - PMID 28778853

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 12(2017), 9 vom: 07. Sept., Seite 1418-1427

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Navaneethan, Sankar D [VerfasserIn]
Jolly, Stacey E [VerfasserIn]
Schold, Jesse D [VerfasserIn]
Arrigain, Susana [VerfasserIn]
Nakhoul, Georges [VerfasserIn]
Konig, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Hyland, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Burrucker, Yvette K [VerfasserIn]
Dann, Priscilla Davis [VerfasserIn]
Tucky, Barbara H [VerfasserIn]
Sharp, John [VerfasserIn]
Nally, Joseph V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aged
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Electronic Health Records
Emergency Service, Hospital
Follow-Up Studies
Health Records, Personal
Hospitalization
Humans
Journal Article
Kidney disease
Multicenter Study
Navigator
Nephrologists
Nephrology
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Care Planning
Patient Navigation
Personal health record
Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Primary Health Care
Randomized Controlled Trial
Referral and Consultation
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Renal dialysis
Renin-Angiotensin System

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Date Completed 21.05.2018

Date Revised 13.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Sep 7;12 (9):1375-1376. - PMID 28778853

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2215/CJN.02100217

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274527243