Authors: (including presenting author): :
Lam MK (1), Ng SN (2), Wai TH (1)
Affiliation: :
(1) Department of Medicine (Renal Unit), Queen Mary Hospital (2) The Nethersole School of Nursing, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Keyword 1: :
Video assisted education
Keyword 2: :
education and satisfaction
Keyword 3: :
pre transplant work up
Keyword 4: :
kidney donors
Introduction: :
Living-related kidney transplant is associated with more benefits than deceased organ donation with higher graft survival rates. However, with reference to the lack of information to donors and the low donation rate in Hong Kong, the demand for kidney transplantation still exceeds the availability of kidney donation. There is a growing interest in using educational videos or multimedia to enhance knowledge retention nowadays, it was believed that pre-transplant education may increase donors’ level of understanding and the number of patients joining living kidney donation with the use of audiovisual aids.
Objectives: :
The goal of this study was to enhance the knowledge and satisfaction of potential living kidney donors with the use of educational videos on kidney transplantation.
Methodology: :
This is a prospective intervention, using a before-and-after test design to evaluate the impact of the video-assisted educational program to measure the outcomes of transplant donors’ knowledge and their satisfaction rate conducted at the kidney transplant ward in an acute hospital in the Hong Kong West Cluster in Hong Kong. Four educational videos were made, and the topics and content were developed after literature review. A total of 25 Cantonese-speaking potential live kidney donors, at the age greater than 18 years old, who met the inclusion criteria were invited to join the study. The participants were invited to perform a pre-test and watch four short educational videos and complete a post-test with twelve listed items using the assessment tools based on the Perceived Kidney Knowledge Survey (PiKS). Their satisfaction rate was measured afterwards by answering four questions using a 5-point Likert scale.
Result & Outcome: :
All twenty-five donors completed the questionnaires and satisfaction survey after watching the educational videos. The results show significant improvement in their knowledge post intervention. For every single knowledge item in Q1 – Q12, the post-intervention mean is higher than that of the pre-intervention mean. The mean total knowledge score has risen from 28.3 to 43.1 with an increase of 14.8 points (52% improvement), which indicates a significant improvement in participants’ knowledge after watching the video. A higher score of participants' satisfaction rate was reported as well. Mean scores were found at 1.8 – 1.9 indicating a rating between "Very" and "Sufficiently" positive across the four domains in the satisfaction survey.
