Two-Year Follow-Up of a Communication Intervention on Medication Adherence and Health Literacy in Kidney Transplanted Recipients-A Randomised Controlled Study.

Background: Patients with chronic conditions, including kidney transplanted recipients, are required to actively participate in their continuous care and maintain motivation to adhere consistently to treatment.

Objectives: Our study aimed to test long-term effectiveness of a new health communication intervention designed to improve on medication adherence and health literacy in kidney transplant recipients 2 years following transplantation.

Design: A randomised controlled non-blinded study was conducted between March 2020 and August 2023.

Relatives' and Intensive Care Unit Personnel's Perspectives of Care in Organ Donation: Protocol for a Multiple Methods Study.

Background: In organ donation from deceased donors, the interaction between the donor's relatives and intensive care personnel is an important factor. The organ donation (OD) process is complex, and patients' relatives play a vital role. Intensive care professionals need knowledge about how relatives perceive and experience the process to create a caring environment and support them throughout.

Health literacy profiles in kidney transplanted patients: A cluster analysis.

Background: Health literacy is important in chronic conditions, such as kidney transplantation. Understanding patients' health literacy profiles can assist tailoring follow-up and educational programmes to the health literacy needs of vulnerable kidney transplant recipients. This approach enabled us to cluster patients according to their profiles of challenges and strengths in different health literacy domains.

Profiles of health literacy and digital health literacy in clusters of hospitalised patients: a single-centre, cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate health literacy (HL) and digital health literacy (eHL) among patients hospitalised in surgical and medical wards using a cluster analysis approach.

Design: Cross-sectional study using Ward's hierarchical clustering method to measure cluster adequacy by evaluating distances between cluster centroids (a measure of cohesion). Different distances produced different cluster solutions.

Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on health literacy in the first year following kidney transplantation - A randomized controlled study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a new health communication intervention focusing on knowledge management skills on health literacy and medication adherence during the first year following kidney transplantation.

Methods: We randomized 195 patients during 2020-2021, to either intervention- or control group. Questionnaires were completed at baseline and at 12 months post-transplantation with a 12-month response rate of 84%.

Relationships Between Clinical, Self-Reported, and Donation Specific Outcomes: A Prospective Follow-up Study 10 Years After Kidney Donation.

BACKGROUND Long-term consequences of donor nephrectomy might be reduced kidney function, increased risk for cardiovascular disease, impaired quality of life, and fatigue. Few studies have investigated associations between clinical and self-reported outcomes in a long-term perspective. Thus, we aimed to investigate relationships between clinical, self-reported, and donation-specific outcomes in a nationwide cohort.

Long-term experiences of Norwegian live kidney donors: qualitative in-depth interviews.

Objective: Live kidney donation is generally viewed as a welcome treatment option for severe kidney disease. However, there is a disparity in the body of research on donor experiences and postdonation outcome, and lack of knowledge on long-term consequences described by the donors. This study was conducted to provide insight into donors' subjective meanings and interpretation of their experiences ∼10 years after donation.