Chronic kidney disease (children).
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The parents of children with a chronic kidney disease who receive treatment and care at the Radboud university medical center for paediatric nephrology in Nijmegen. We will include five subgroups of parents of children: 1. in the pre-dialysis stage of the chronic kidney disease, 2. on dialysis, 3. after transplantation, 4. with a hereditary kidney disease, 5. suffering from nephrotic syndrome.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Parents who are not able to speak Dutch
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will use five different questionnaires: 1. Parental Stress will be assessed with the Pediatric Inventory for Parents-short form (PIP-SF; Streisand et al. 2001). 2. The child’s quality of life will be assessed using the Dutch version of the Child Vulnerability Scale (Forsyth et al. 1996). 3. Self-management of parents will be assessed with the Dutch version of the Family Management Measure (FAMM; Knafl et al. 2009). 4. Self efficacy in the communication with healthcare professionals will be assessed with the Dutch version of the Perceived Efficacy in Patient- Physician Interactions (PEPPI-5; ten Klooster et al. 2011). 5. Fatigue among parents will be assessed using the Dutch version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20; Smets et al. 1995). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Process evaluation: We will evaluate the experiences of parents in the intervention group, who can use the e-support program. Dropping out of the support program will be evaluated using a questionnaire | — |
Contacts
Junior onderzoeker/ PhD candidate IQ healthcare Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum Postbus 9101