A summary of this work involves 3 aims:

Aim 1 To determine the current efficacy, evidence and gaps in knowledge of eHealth intervention in post-transplant care

Understanding the current evidence and gaps

This will involve gathering evidence through systemic review (and meta analysis) to rigorously evaluate and assess the current evidence and understand the effectiveness, benefits and risks of eHealth interventions in solid organ transplant recipients and caregivers. In addition, the perspectives and experiences of patients and caregivers on medication taking will be established.

Aim 2 To describe the attitudes, beliefs and perspectives of patients and families and elicit preferences for eHealth interventions in post-transplant care

Understanding the goals and preferences patients/families/stakeholders

Focus groups will be conducted in patients and caregivers to understand the perspectives of eHealth in post transplant care. In addition, a ‘discrete choice experiment’ will be conducted to elicit patients’ and caregivers’ preferences and attributes of eHealth interventions, and the reason behind choosing one option over another.

Aim 3 To develop and pilot an mHealth intervention a cohort of children and young people with kidney transplants

Ideas to implementation – Piloting an mHealth intervention

A pilot study of a text messaging based intervention for adherence and health promotion in children and young people with kidney transplants will be conducted. In addition, process evaluation framework will be conducted to assess ‘intervention fidelity’ (whether the intervention was delivered as intended), feasibility and usability by understanding enablers and barriers influencing implementation.

Supervisors: Associate Professor Germaine Wong, Associate Professor Allison Tong & Dr Martin Howell