Piloting an intervention for improving treatment adherence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Renal disorders; Subtopic: Renal disorders; Disease: All Renal disorders; Urological and Genital Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN18080970
• Lead Sponsor: Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 3 July 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 270

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult (over 18 years) haemodialysis patients
2. Fluency in spoken and written English
3. 3 months from initiation of dialysis
4. Three month Interdialytic Weight Gain (IDWG) > 2.0 kg
5. Residual renal urea clearance (KRU) <1 ml/min or reported urine output<200 ml per day

Patients recruited to the observational study will not need to meet inclusion criteria points 4 and 5
Target Gender: Male & Female

Exclusion Criteria

1. Hospitalised at the time of study or during the two months prior for reasons other than dialysis
2. Being treated for another condition assessed as compromising treatment or participation in study (e.g., mental health)
3. In preparation for live donor transplant

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological responses; Timepoint(s): Self-reported responses to the health risk information, intention and self-efficacy, assessed immediately after the first presentation of the health risk information.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Interdialytic weight gain; Timepoint(s): Reduction in interdialytic weight gain assessed at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months