Peer Support Program in Chronic Kidney Patient

Acibadem University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hemodialysis Complication; Nurse's Role; Health-Related Behavior; Peer Review

Treatments: Behavioral: The Peer Support Program; Behavioral: Standart care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06555718

ATADEK2023-21/765

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria For Peer Mentor Inclusion Criteria;

• Speaking Turkish
• To be literate
• CKD receiving haemodialysis
• Volunteering
• 18 years of age or older
• Being open to communication and co-operation
• Not having any psychiatric disorder

For Patient Inclusion Criteria;

• Speaking Turkish
• To be literate
• CKD receiving haemodialysis
• Volunteering
• 18 years of age or older
• Not having any psychiatric disorder

Exclusion criteria for all participants

• Being under 18 years of age
• Speaking a language other than Turkish
• Not being able to use a telephone

Losses to follow-up

• Experiencing incompatibility with the second peer mentor or client with whom they are paired for peer mentor and peer client
• Death during the period of intervention or follow-up
• Withdrawal of patient consent
• Clinical problems or difficulties attending appointments that hinder follow-up

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group (Peer support)

Other group

Description:

"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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Peer Support Program

Control group (Standart care)

Other group

Description:

No intervention will be made by the researcher to the control group. The standard care of the institution will be applied to the patients.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standart care