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Symptom Management Program for Hemodialysis Patients

NCT01620580 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2012-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Conditions

  • Haemodialysis-induced Symptom

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Francess V Danquah, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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