Protocol Number: 04-CC-0070

Title:

Exploring Patient-Provider Trust among Individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease

Number:

04-CC-0070

Summary:

This study will examine communication and trust between patients in the kidney transplant process and their health care providers. It will assess patients' perception of trust in their physician and nurse coordinator; determine the patients' level of trust in the areas of competence, compassion, control, communication, and confidentiality; and determine how the trust level varies as patients progress in the transplant process.

Patients 18 years of age and older who are in various stages of the kidney transplant process at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the NIH Clinical Center may be eligible for this study. Candidates include individuals who:

-are on dialysis but not on a transplant waiting list

-are on the organ waiting list and are also on dialysis

-are on the organ waiting list but are not on dialysis

-have had a kidney transplant within the last year.

Participants will be interviewed by someone who is not their direct health care provider about the doctor/patient, primary provider/patient, or nurse/patient relationship, their health history, medical condition, and ideas about their care. With the patient's permission, parts of the interview will be tape-recorded. The interview will take about 30 to 40 minutes.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Completed Study; data analyses ongoing

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: Yes

Population Exclusion(s): Children

Eligibility Criteria: This study is not currently recruiting new subjects. If you have questions about participating in a study, please contact the Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office, CC.

Special Instructions:

Currently Not Provided

Keyword(s):

Health Disparities

Transplantation

Trust

Interview

Ethnic Bias

Recruitment Keyword(s):

None

Condition(s):

Kidney Failure, Chronic

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Interventions:

None

Supporting Site:

Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center

Contact(s):

This study is not currently recruiting new subjects. If you have questions about participating in a study, please contact the Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office, CC.

Citation(s):

Cain VS, Kington RS. Investigating the role of racial/ethnic bias in health outcomes. Am J Public Health. 2003 Feb;93(2):191-2. No abstract available. PMID: 12554567

Furth SL, Garg PP, Neu AM, Hwang W, Fivush BA, Powe NR. Racial differences in access to the kidney transplant waiting list for children and adolescents with end-stage renal disease. Pediatrics. 2000 Oct;106(4):756-61. PMID: 11015519

Eggers PW. Racial differences in access to kidney transplantation. Health Care Financ Rev. 1995 Winter;17(2):89-103. PMID: 10157383

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