Symptom Management Program for Hemodialysis Patients

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Haemodialysis-induced Symptom

Treatments: Behavioral: Dietary Information; Behavioral: Self-management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01620580

HSC-SN-11-0465

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-management intervention may decrease symptom burden and improve functioning over time.

Full description

Self-management intervention (strategies) may decrease symptom burden (sleep disturbance, tiredness; itching and numbness) and improve functioning (social, physical and emotional) over time(baseline, 3 weeks and 8 weeks).

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. age ≥ 18 years old,
2. on HD three times a week,
3. received HD for ≥ six months,
4. read and write English,
5. have telephone service.

Exclusion criteria

• history of dementia,
• acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and active cancer, and
• inability to give informed consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Self Management Strategies

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will receive printed self management strategies each of the 5 symptoms, a symptom diary with the self-management strategies and a 15 minutes discussion. The intervention script will instruct participants on how to use the printed strategies by PI and RA #1. Week 3.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-management

Dietary Information

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control arm

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dietary Information