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Impact of Nurses´ Solution-focused Communication on the Fluid Adherence of Adult Patients on Hemodialysis

NCT03432988 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2018-02-14

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Summary

Aim: To test the hypothesis that fluid adherence in patients on hemodialysis can be improved through nurses´ solution-focused communication with patients on issues of adherence.

Design: Single-group quasi-experimental study. Method: A one-month baseline of inter-dialytic weight gain was taken for a group of 36 adult patients in a hospital hemodialysis unit. Then, the nurses of the unit received an 5-hour training in solution-focused communication on issues of fluid adherence and applied it with the patients of the sample. Inter-dialytic weight gains (IDWG) were measured during another month. Six months after the training, IDWG was again measured during one month.

Conditions

  • Renal Dialysis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nursing Solution-Focused

Two two-hour training modules were designed. In each module, participants watched videos that illustrated solution-focused communication on fluid adherence, and practiced the skills in role-plays. Solution-focused communication on IDWG. In the case of IDWG improvement, nurses were trained to congratulate the patient and then to explore in detail, from a stance of curiosity, how s/he had accomplished the weight reduction. Nurses were trained to invite patients to share specific behavioral details, to describe their own behavior from the perspective of significant family members and also to compliment patients on their accomplishments and to invite them to keep track of anything else they might find useful to control fluid intake over the next days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alberto Pastor · Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Study Design

Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-01
Primary Completion
2016-07-29
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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