Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Jul 2, 2020
Date Accepted: Sep 10, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Sep 18, 2020
Content, Delivery Modes, and Social-Epistemological Dimensions of Online Information for Renal Transplant Patients and Living Donors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned
ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has markedly affected renal transplant care. At times of social distancing, limited in-person visits, and confronting uncertainties, patients and donors rely more than ever on telemedicine and online information. Several factors could influence patients’ understanding of online information, such as delivery modes (instruction, interaction, and assessment) and social-epistemological dimensions (choices in interactive knowledge building).
Objective:
This study systemically evaluated the content and educational quality of online information on COVID-19 and renal transplantation at time of the pandemic.
Methods:
Multiple keyword combinations were used to retrieve websites on COVID-19 and renal transplantation using search engines www.google.com and www.google.nl. From 14 different websites, 30 webpages were examined on source, topics, delivery modes, and social-epistemological dimensions.
Results:
The variety of topics and delivery modes was limited. A total of 13 different delivery modes were encountered, of which 62% were instructional, 38% were interactional, and none used assessment modes. None of the websites offered all available delivery modes. The majority of delivery modes (62%) was focused on individual and passive learning, whereas group learning and active constructing knowledge was scantly encountered.
Conclusions:
By taking interactive knowledge transferring into account, the educational quality of eHealth for transplant care could increase, especially in times of crisis when rapid knowledge transfer is needed.
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