Status:
UNKNOWN
Effects of a Brief Hope Intervention to the Decision Making
Lead Sponsor:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Kwong Wah Hospital
Conditions:
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Introduction A Hong Kong study found that more than half of the chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients declined peritoneal dialysis (PD) and preferred receiving palliative care, although PD is vital fo...
Detailed Description
Decision Making in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 (estimated creatinine clearance equal to or less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2), would face tough de...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The candidates should meet the below criteria will be recruited.
- age ≥ 18 years
- clinically diagnosed to have End Stage Renal Diseae (ESRD) and Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) less than or equal to 15
- willing to participate in face-to-face activities and telephone follow up
- alert and oriented, able to sustain for approximately one hour of attention and interaction
- communicable in Cantonese, able to read and write Chinese
- could be reached by phone
Exclusion
- Patients having one or above of the below conditions will be excluded from the study.
- patients who have been receiving renal replacement therapy
- patients who have failed kidney transplant
- patients who are unable to communicate in Cantonese
- patient who has hearing deficit
- Patient who are disoriented, delirious or cognitively impaired
- patients who are clinically depressed diagnosed by medical doctors
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03378700
Start Date
April 1 2018
End Date
May 30 2019
Last Update
December 20 2017
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