A Brief Mindful Drinking/Eating Intervention for Hemodialysis Patients With Fluid Restrictions

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Kidney Failure; Hemodialysis; Quality of Life; Mindfulness; Fluid Restriction; Interdialytic Weight Gain

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindful Drinking/Eating Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04016311

2019-01-0074

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to find out whether mindful drinking/eating activities can improve quality of life and help make it easier for people on dialysis to follow their fluid restrictions. The pilot study is a randomized controlled trial with an intervention group and a wait list control group, randomized by cohort days. The intervention occurs during dialysis sessions once a week for 4 weeks. During each intervention session, participants are guided through a mindful eating exercise focused on foods recommended for controlling thirst (e.g., hard candy, frozen grapes) and a mindful drinking exercise. Participants are asked to practice mindful drinking/eating at least once daily at home.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving hemodialysis
• Able to speak English

Exclusion criteria

• Missed more than one dialysis treatment in the past month

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindful Drinking/Eating Group

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral: Mindful Drinking/Eating Intervention Participants will be individually guided during their dialysis session through: 1) a mindful drinking exercise, a meditation focused on the sensory experience of 3 sips of fluid, along with a discussion of the experience; and 2) a mindful eating exercise with select foods that are recommended for controlling thirst (i.e., hard candy, frozen fruits). Participants will be given directions for mindful drinking/eating and asked to practice mindful drinking/eating as often as possible but least once each day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Drinking/Eating Intervention

Wait list control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care. Offered intervention after post-test data collected.