Experience of Patients Starting Hemodialysis

Experience of Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Qualitative Study

Patients starting dialysis have significant and often daunting changes to their lifestyle, and investigators have only little information from the patient perspective on patient experiences during dialysis initiation. To explore patient perspectives when starting dialysis, this study aims to collect information on patient perspectives.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: ESRD
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: None. This is a qualitative interview study.

Detailed Description

Patients starting dialysis have significant and often daunting changes to their lifestyle, and investigators have only little information from the patient perspective on patient experiences during dialysis initiation. To explore patient perspectives when starting dialysis, this study aims to collect information on patient perspectives, understand what made patient experiences better, and what could further improve their experiences when patients first start dialysis. The investigators will enroll patients within 90 days of starting dialysis, and conduct semi-structured recorded interviews with patients. All patients will provide informed consent. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim.

• The transcripts will be reviewed line by line by qualitative researchers to identify concepts and themes, and will be developed into a coding schema.
• The preliminary themes will be discussed among the investigators to facilitate consensus.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Los Gatos, California, United States, 95032
      • Satellite Healthcare Los Gatos
    • Menlo Park, California, United States, 94025
      • Satellite Healthcare Menlo Park
    • Milpitas, California, United States, 95035
      • Satellite Heathcare Milpitas
    • Morgan Hill, California, United States, 95037
      • Satellite Dialysis Morgan Hill
    • Morgan Hill, California, United States, 95037
      • Satellite Health Morgan Hill
    • Mountain View, California, United States, 94040
      • Satellite Healthcare Mountain View
    • Oakland, California, United States, 94609
      • Satellite Healthcare Oakland
    • San Carlos, California, United States, 94070
      • Satellite Healthcare San Carlos
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95116
      • Satellite Healthcare East San Jose
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95118
      • Satellite Health Blossom Valley
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95119
      • Satellite Health San Teresa
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95121
      • Satellite Healthcare SIlver Creek
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95123
      • Satellite Health South San Jose
    • San Jose, California, United States, 95148
      • Satellite Healthcare Evergreen
    • San Leandro, California, United States, 94577
      • Satellite Dialysis San Leandro
    • San Leandro, California, United States, 94577
      • Satellite Healthcare West San Leandro
    • San Mateo, California, United States, 94403
      • Satellite Dialysis San Mateo

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All incident in-center hemodialysis patients meeting eligibility criteria at Satellite Healthcare, Inc., at IRB approved dialysis centers.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis care at Satellite Healthcare at the start of the study period.
• Patients who started with in-center hemodialysis as a first renal replacement therapy.
• Patients receiving dialysis for ≤ 90 days.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 years.
• Unable to understand or communicate in English.
• Inability to participate because of cognitive impairment or active psychological condition.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Experiences of patients starting dialysis.	Collect information from interviews to understand the experiences of patients starting dialysis.	One time interview.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Satellite Healthcare

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 2, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 31, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 26, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 3, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 20, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 18, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SIH130

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: No individual person data will be available to anyone other than Satellite Healthcare Research employees.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No