Health Condition 1: N186- End stage renal disease
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Intervention2: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
Akhilesh Hipparagi
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 5 members in the questionnaire development team. professionals with expertise related to the contents of the questionnaire. Experts will be from the following fields. Nephrologist or general physician and dialysis technology field expert or educator or academician. Expert in health data and information standards. On a need basis. One representative from patients or a caregiver will be recruited for this team. 5 members will be in the questionnaire validation team. This team will include experts from nephrology and dialysis technology and general medicine and statistics. Minimum five years of experience and willing to give informed consent. There will be no overlapping of members between the two teams.12 patients who have been undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for at least one year will be included. They must be able to read and understand english.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Medical students or interns. Patients with psychiatric illness. A person is unable to read and write english.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A content validated reliable and user friendly questionnaire in English. Timepoint: Questionnaire development within 4 months. Validation of the questionnaire within 3 months. Face validity of the patients for 3 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMegha Nagaraj Nayak
KMC MAHE Manipal
Outcome results
None listed