Clinical trial NCT04988568: Experience of Patients Starting Hemodialysis
Official title: Experience of Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Qualitative Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: ESRD
Lead sponsor: Satellite Healthcare
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-08-03
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
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.

Brief summary: 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.

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Experiences of patients starting dialysis.
timeFrame: One time interview.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Gatos
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare Los Gatos
state: California
city: Menlo Park
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare Menlo Park
state: California
city: Milpitas
country: United States
facility: Satellite Heathcare Milpitas
state: California
city: Morgan Hill
country: United States
facility: Satellite Dialysis Morgan Hill
state: California
city: Morgan Hill
country: United States
facility: Satellite Health Morgan Hill
state: California
city: Mountain View
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare Mountain View
state: California
city: Oakland
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare Oakland
state: California
city: San Carlos
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare San Carlos
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare East San Jose
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Health Blossom Valley
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Health San Teresa
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare SIlver Creek
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Health South San Jose
state: California
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare Evergreen
state: California
city: San Leandro
country: United States
facility: Satellite Dialysis San Leandro
state: California
city: San Leandro
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare West San Leandro
state: California
city: San Mateo
country: United States
facility: Satellite Dialysis San Mateo
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Satellite Healthcare, Inc.
name: Wael F Hussein, MBBS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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