Psychosocial Reasons for Transfer to In Center Hemodialysis in Home Dialysis Patients- A Focus Group Study

NCT05022225 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SIH128_Transfer to ICHD
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 35
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Patients who start home dialysis take on an added responsibility and that can be challenging. The investigators are interested in studying the patient and care partner perspective on the challenges that the participants faced on home dialysis and what interventions could help support them better by holding focus group discussions.

Conditions

ESRD

Keywords

home dialysis; Peritoneal dialysis; home hemodialysis; patient perspective

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patients and care partner experience on home dialysis

  During the focus group discussion, the participants will be asked to account their experience on home dialysis and the challenges that they faced while on the modality. Since it is a qualitative study the responses will be grouped to identify any common themes.

  At the time of focus group discussion

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• patient and care partner perspective on possible interventions

  At the time of the focus group discussion

• comparison between groups

  At the time of focus group

Interventions

None. This is a qualitative interview study. OTHER

There is no intervention in this study. This is a qualitative research study where participants will take part in focus group discussions.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

ESRD patients at Satellite health care who transferred to ICHD from home dialysis in the last year and home dialysis patients who are identified as high risk for transfer to ICHD by the clinical team.

You may qualify if:

• Patients currently on home dialysis (maintenance peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis), preferably identified as high risk of transfer to in center HD at Satellite healthcare by the clinical team, OR their care partner
• Patients who transferred from home dialysis to ICHD in the last 12 (preferably 6) months, preferably those who had transferred mostly because of psychosocial reasons such as nonconducive living conditions, patient preference, the burden of treatment, loss of care partner, etc, OR their care partner.
• Age \>=20 years

You may not qualify if:

• Lack of decision-making capacity
• Non English-speaking

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Satellite Healthcare: lead

Study Sites (1)

Satellite Healthcare Inc

San Jose, California, 95128, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Kidney Failure, Chronic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Renal Insufficiency; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Wael F Hussein, MBBS

  Satelite Health care

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 13, 2021
• First Posted: August 26, 2021
• Study Start: August 10, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2022
• Study Completion: July 25, 2022
• Last Updated: July 26, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)