Experience of Patients Starting Hemodialysis
- Conditions
- ESRD
- Registration Number
- NCT04988568
- Lead Sponsor
- Satellite Healthcare
- Brief Summary
Patients starting dialysis have significant and often daunting changes to their lifestyle, and investigators have only little information from the patient perspective on patient experiences during dialysis initiation. To explore patient perspectives when starting dialysis, this study aims to collect information on patient perspectives.
- Detailed Description
Patients starting dialysis have significant and often daunting changes to their lifestyle, and investigators have only little information from the patient perspective on patient experiences during dialysis initiation. To explore patient perspectives when starting dialysis, this study aims to collect information on patient perspectives, understand what made patient experiences better, and what could further improve their experiences when patients first start dialysis. The investigators will enroll patients within 90 days of starting dialysis, and conduct semi-structured recorded interviews with patients. All patients will provide informed consent. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim.
* The transcripts will be reviewed line by line by qualitative researchers to identify concepts and themes, and will be developed into a coding schema.
* The preliminary themes will be discussed among the investigators to facilitate consensus.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis care at Satellite Healthcare at the start of the study period.
- Patients who started with in-center hemodialysis as a first renal replacement therapy.
- Patients receiving dialysis for ≤ 90 days.
- Age < 18 years.
- Unable to understand or communicate in English.
- Inability to participate because of cognitive impairment or active psychological condition.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Experiences of patients starting dialysis. One time interview. Collect information from interviews to understand the experiences of patients starting dialysis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (17)
Satellite Health Blossom Valley
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare Evergreen
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare Oakland
🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare Mountain View
🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States
Satellite Dialysis San Mateo
🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States
Satellite Health San Teresa
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare East San Jose
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare San Carlos
🇺🇸San Carlos, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare SIlver Creek
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare Los Gatos
🇺🇸Los Gatos, California, United States
Satellite Heathcare Milpitas
🇺🇸Milpitas, California, United States
Satellite Dialysis Morgan Hill
🇺🇸Morgan Hill, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare Menlo Park
🇺🇸Menlo Park, California, United States
Satellite Health Morgan Hill
🇺🇸Morgan Hill, California, United States
Satellite Health South San Jose
🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States
Satellite Healthcare West San Leandro
🇺🇸San Leandro, California, United States
Satellite Dialysis San Leandro
🇺🇸San Leandro, California, United States