A randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using an expressive writing intervention with patients on haemodialysis

King's College London (UK)0 sites50 target enrollmentJanuary 16, 2013

Overview

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 16, 2013

End Date

September 30, 2013

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

King's College London (UK)

•1\. To be included in the study, patients (\>18 years of age, either sex) will need to be a renal patient currently undergoing haemodialysis treatment within one of the dialysis units of Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust.
•2\. To be included in the writing intervention patients will have met a cut\-off score of 3 or more on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ\-12\) as part of the screening phase, indicating some level of distress.

•Exclusion criteria (for both the screening and RCT phases) will include:
•1\. Patients under the age of 18
•2\. Those with significant visual or physical impairment preventing completion of the questionnaires
•3\. Inability to speak or write in English
•4\. Known cognitive impairment
•5\. Documented history of psychiatric illness including severe depression (identified as being under the care of a psychiatrist), and
•6\. Length of time on dialysis as \<90 days
•Following screening, patients with a General Health Questionnaire score of less than 3 will not be eligible for the writing task.