Illness Perception and Coping in Kidney Transplant Recipients: a Mixed Research Based on Common Sense Model

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the current status of illness perception and the distribution of coping styles in kidney transplant recipients. The main question clarifies the current status and experience of illness perception in post-transplant patients with different coping styles, and aims to provide a reference basis for intervention of illness perception in kidney transplant patients, with the aim of improving their current status of illness perception, optimizing their awareness of treatment management and self-care behaviors, and perfecting the modern medical service system. Participants will describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Kidney Transplantation; Illness Perception and Coping
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: employs questionnaires

Detailed Description

Aims:This study explores the current status of illness perception and the distribution of coping styles in kidney transplant recipients, clarifies the current status and experience of illness perception in post-transplant patients with different coping styles, and aims to provide a reference basis for intervention of illness perception in kidney transplant patients, with the aim of improving their current status of illness perception, optimizing their awareness of treatment management and self-care behaviors, and perfecting the modern medical service system.Methods:This study is based on the Common Sense Model (CSM), which is the most widely used theory for explaining and predicting disease adaptation and patient self-management behaviors.This study utilizes a mixed-methods research design, specifically the interpretive sequence design, consisting of two phases. The first phase is a quantitative study that employs a questionnaire to investigate the current state of illness perception and the distribution of coping styles in kidney transplant recipients, and to explore the differences in illness perception between positive coping and negative coping patients after kidney transplantation; The second phase involves a descriptive qualitative study that utilizes face-to-face, semi-structured, in-depth interviews to investigate the causes of differences in illness perceptions of different coping styles in kidney transplant recipients who experience idiosyncrasies.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 220

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Liu Yang, master; Phone Number: 13727017586; Email: 1185877870@qq.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Jiangxue Wu, bachelor; Phone Number: 15120147586; Email: 1042289631@qq.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Recipients who underwent kidney transplantation at a tertiary hospital in Zunyi between January 01, 2024 and December 2024 were selected for the study using a convenience sampling method.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients between the ages of 18 and 55 who have received a kidney transplant and have been discharged from the hospital for at least 3 months. Patients must have basic communication skills and be willing to participate in the survey voluntarily by signing the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

(i) Patients with a history of other malignant tumors; (ii) patients who are participating in other clinical trials or related treatments; (iii) patients with other serious physical diseases; and (iv) kidney transplant patients with psychiatric disorders, serious cognitive impairment, or speech defects that prevent them from cooperating.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
the current state of illness perception	Using The general information questionnaire to measure	2024.01-2024.12
the distribution of coping styles in kidney transplant recipients	Using Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire to measure	2024.01-2024.12
the causes of differences in illness perceptions of different coping styles	UsingThe Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire to measure	2024.01-2024.12

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Wu Jiangxue
• Collaborators: Zunyi Medical College

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): January 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 22, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2023
• First Posted (Estimated): January 8, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 8, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 22, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: kidney transplant; illness perception; common sense model; mixed research
• Other Study ID Numbers: KLL-2023-466

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES

Drug and device information, study documents

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