Almost 30,000 people in the UK receive dialysis due to end stage renal disease (ESRD). Although dialysis prolongs life, people receiving dialysis are still typically bothered by a range of physical symptoms and need to make substantial adjustments in order to accommodate ESRD and its treatment. One adjustment that is often required is a dramatic reduction in fluid intake. Although sticking to fluid intake restrictions improves the efficiency of dialysis, monitoring fluid intake is complicated. The restrictions also leave people feeling very thirsty so restrictions can be hard to stick to. This project will develop and test a brief psychological intervention for people who struggle to adhere to fluid intake restrictions and will aim to increase quality of life whilst on dialysis. The intervention will be developed with input from people with lived experience of ESRD. It will then be offered to 12 people, recruited from clinics, who will complete questionnaires to monitor experiences and symptoms before, during and after the intervention. Participants' data will be analysed to find out whether the intervention has been helpful in reducing fluid intake and improving quality of life. If the findings are promising, this would suggest that the intervention could be tested in a larger clinical study in the future.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: baseline phase week 2
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: baseline phase week 4
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: baseline phase week 6
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: baseline phase week 8 (those randomised to 8 and 10 week baselines only)
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: baseline phase week 10 (those randomised to 10 week baseline only)
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: intervention phase week 2
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: intervention phase week 4
Dialysis Diet and Fluid Intake Non-Adherence Questionnaire (Vlamink et al., 2001)
Timeframe: 4 week (from end of intervention) follow-up
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 1
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 2
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 3
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 4
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 5
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 6
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 7 (those randomised to 8 or 10 week follow-up)
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 8 (those randomised to 8 or 10 week follow-up)
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 9 (those randomised to 10 week baselines)
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: Baseline phase week 10 (those randomised to 10 week baseline)
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: intervention week 1
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: intervention week 2
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: intervention week 3
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: intervention week 4
Interdialytic weight gain
Timeframe: four week follow-up