NCT01620580

Symptom Management Program for Hemodialysis Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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).

Conditions

• Haemodialysis-induced Symptom

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-management	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
BEHAVIORAL	Dietary Information	The control or usual care group will receive a symptom diary designed for the control group without any strategies and a 5 minutes discussion on how to complete the diary from RA# 1. The PI will make weekly follow up calls on the same schedule as the intervention group starting week 4 until week 7 for a total of 4 calls focusing on enhancing healthy eating skills \& adherence to renal diet and fluid restriction without discussing any intervention with the group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2012-06-15
• Last updated: 2012-06-15

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States