Kidney Failure, Chronic, Renal Dialysis
Conditions
Keywords
patient activation, self management
Brief summary
Patient activation refers to patients' willingness and ability to make independent actions to manage their health and care and requires knowledge, skill and confidence. This study aims to explore activation levels of incident dialysis patients at start of dialysis and after 3 months of dialysis.
Detailed description
Patient activation refers to patients' willingness and ability to make independent actions to manage their health and care and requires knowledge, skill and confidence. This study aims to explore activation levels, using the 13 item PAM-13 survey, of incident dialysis patients at start of dialysis and after 3 months of dialysis.
Interventions
OTHERNo intervention
No Intervention. Observational Study.
Sponsors
Satellite Healthcare
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
-Incident dialysis patients commencing at Satellite Healthcare during study recruitment dates
Exclusion criteria
* Age \< 18 years * Started dialysis more than 3 weeks prior to identification * Transitioning to dialysis at a participating center from a non-participating center, when that patient has been on dialysis for more than 3 weeks at any center. * Transitioning to dialysis after kidney transplant failure * Inability to participate because of cognitive impairment or active psychological condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Activation | 3 months | Patient Activation as measured by PAM-13 instrument |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed