Peer Support Program in Chronic Kidney Patient

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Hemodialysis Complication; Peer Review; Health-Related Behavior; Nurse's Role
• Interventions: Behavioral: The Peer Support Program; Behavioral: Standart care

• Registration Number: NCT06555718
• Lead Sponsor: Acibadem University

Brief Summary

The main advantage of patient-to-patient peer counseling is that it benefits both the client and the peer mentors as real and authentic experiences are shared. Since both individuals go through similar experiences, they can share common feelings. Although there are studies in the literature showing the effectiveness of peer support groups in different patient groups, studies on chronic kidney disease patients are limited. There are no studies on the effects of these programs on caregivers. This study will be conducted to examine the effects of peer support program applied to chronic kidney patients on patient outcomes and caregivers.

Detailed Description

This study was planned to be conducted with a randomized controlled experimental design to examine the effect of the peer support program applied to Chronic Kidney patients on patient outcomes and caregivers.

Patients diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease and receiving haemodialysis (HD) as a renal replacement method constitute the population of the study. In the a priori power analysis performed to calculate the number of subjects, the effect size was taken as 1.3 (d) based on reference studies. Accordingly, it was found that 34 subjects should be included in the calculation for the independent two-sample t-test according to 0.95 power and 0.05 alpha. The sample of the study will consist of 25 intervention and 25 control CKDs who fulfil the inclusion criteria, taking into account the dropout status.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2024-07-26
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-30
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-13
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-15
• Study Completion: 2025-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group (Peer support)	The Peer Support Program	"Peer mentors" will be determined among the participant patients in accordance with the peer mentor guide selection criteria. The determined peer mentors will participate in the "Peer Mentor Training Programme". Implementation of the research; Peer support programme for the intervention group will be carried out for 10 weeks in accordance with the peer guide-client implementation plan Standard follow-up and training programme will be applied to the control group in accordance with the procedures of the institution. The data collection forms used in the research process will be collected at the stages specified in the study flow plan and data entry will be made by the researcher.
Control group (Standart care)	Standart care	No intervention will be made by the researcher to the control group. The standard care of the institution will be applied to the patients.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adaptation to the disease.	The scale will be completed before the intervention and at 3, 7 and 9 weeks.	"End Stage Renal Disease Adaptation Questionnaire (ESRD-AQ)" Total score varies between 0 and 1200. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of treatment compliance increases.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-Care	The scale will be completed before the intervention and at 3, 7 and 9 weeks.	"Chronic Dialysis Patients' Self-Care Agency (SCA)" Scores obtained from the scale are between 0-44. As the score decreases, it is evaluated as self-care power is not good.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Canan Yüksel Acar; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey