Personalized motivational support to help African American patients keep their dialysis appointments
MOVE Trial: MOtiVational Strategies to Empower African Americans to Improve Dialysis Adherence
This project uses culturally tailored motivational interviewing to help African American adults on hemodialysis stick to their treatment schedule and reduce hospital visits.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Nashville, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11121793 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be offered personalized motivational interviewing sessions designed specifically for African American dialysis patients to talk about goals, barriers, and motivation. The sessions would happen alongside your regular dialysis care and involve your care team to build a stronger patient-provider connection. Your attendance at dialysis, reasons for missed treatments, and any hospital visits would be tracked over time. The researchers will use surveys and clinic records to see whether this tailored approach leads to more consistent dialysis attendance and fewer hospitalizations.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are African American adults with end-stage kidney disease who receive in-center hemodialysis and have missed treatments or are at risk of non-adherence.
Not a fit: People not receiving in-center hemodialysis (for example, on peritoneal dialysis), non-African American patients, or those who are already consistently adherent may be unlikely to gain benefit from this specific tailored intervention.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could help you keep dialysis appointments more consistently, lower your risk of hospital stays, and improve long-term health outcomes.
How similar studies have performed: Motivational interviewing has helped improve health behaviors in other conditions, but using a culturally tailored version specifically to improve dialysis adherence in African Americans is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Nashville, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Umeukeje, Ebele M — Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Umeukeje, Ebele M
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.