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NCT Number: NCT06555718

Peer Support Program in Chronic Kidney Patient

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.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Canan Yüksel Acar

Istanbul, 34752, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

The Peer Support Program

Behavioral

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.

standart care

Behavioral

The standard care provided by the institution will continue.

Primary outcomes

  1. Adaptation to the disease.

    Time frame: The scale will be completed before the intervention and at 3, 7 and 9 weeks.

    "End Stage Renal Disease Adaptation Questionnaire (ESRD-AQ)" Total score varies between 0 and 1200. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the level of treatment compliance increases.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-Care

    Time frame: The scale will be completed before the intervention and at 3, 7 and 9 weeks.

    "Chronic Dialysis Patients' Self-Care Agency (SCA)" Scores obtained from the scale are between 0-44. As the score decreases, it is evaluated as self-care power is not good.

Other outcomes

  1. Patient outcomes

    Time frame: The Kt/V value of all patients calculated before the intervention and the change in the value measured 3, 7 and 9 weeks after the intervention will be completed by the researcher.

    "Data collection form for patients (The target Kt/V in dialysis patients is between 1.2-1.4. , Kt/V(K - urea dialyzer clearance, t - dialysis time, V - urea volume of distribution))"

  2. Caregivers on Care Burden

    Time frame: The scale will be completed by the patients before the intervention and at 9th week.

    "Caregiver Burden Scale for family caregivers of hemodialysis patients" Sub-dimension scores, internal consistency of 0.87, 0.70, 0.76, 0.70, 0.70 and 0.53 indicate an increase in care burden.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Acibadem University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Examining the Effect of the Peer Support Program Applied to Chronic Kidney Patients on Care Outcomes

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 15, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2024

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