Evaluating the impact of a psychological intervention to reduce the severe stress and psychological morbidity of people with chronic kidney disease who are commencing maintenance dialysis: The Dialysis Optimal Health Program.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- stressanxietydepressionchronic kidney diseaseend stage kidney diseaseMental Health - DepressionMental Health - AnxietyRenal and Urogenital - Kidney disease
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000810516
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Education GPO Box 9880 Canberra ACT 2601
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) who are expected to commence maintenance dialysis for the first time within the next three months or who have commenced dialysis in the past three months. 2. Age 18 years or above. 3. Able to converse in English without an interpreter. 4. Currently under the management of the Nephrology team at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be excluded if there is presence of developmental disability or amnestic syndrome impairing their ability to learn from the intervention or if they are returning to dialysis following a failed renal transplant.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Composite depression and anxiety as assessed by the: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br>[baseline (prior to intervention), 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life as assessed by the Kidney Disease Quality of Life scale (KDQoL)<br><br>[baseline (prior to intervention), 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention ];Self efficacy as assessed by the General Self-efficacy Scale (GES)<br>[baseline (prior to intervention), 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention e];Illness perceptions as assessed by the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (brief-IPQ)[baseline (prior to intervention), 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention ];Coping strategies as assessed by an abbreviated version of the COPE inventory (Brief-Cope)[baseline (prior to intervention), 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention ]