ADAPT-CKD
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Physical Activity, Depression And Illness PercepTions in Chronic Kidney Disease (ADAPT CKD)
IRAS ID
202596
Contact name
Alice Smith
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals of Leicester (R&I Office)
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common long-term condition in UK that poses a major public health issue and has a significant mortality rate.
Besides the burden imposed on patient and families, CKD imposes enormous financial costs, with approximately 1-2 per cent of the NHS budget used to treat patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) despite these patients comprising only 0.05% of the UK population.
Negative impacts of CKD appear further worsened by mental health problems. Depression has been reported to be common in individuals with CKD where 20-30% meets diagnostic criteria. Research has shown that depression in individuals with CKD has negative consequences on sexual functioning, marital satisfaction, quality of life and mortality. As such, increased attention has been drawn to interventions that might lessen its impact.
Studies have shown that engagement in physical activities is beneficial for individuals with CKD. However, although activity and exercise have been found to alleviate depression there are barriers to engage in physical activities. In view of the usefulness of physically activity for depressed individuals with CKD, greater attention is being given to understand the motivation to engage in this health behaviour. Service users' perception of their medical conditions has been used to understand and explain the engagement of physical activities.
In this study, we are going to investigate the relationship between service users' perception of having CKD and its symptoms, depression, levels of physical activity and function and quality of life. We will ask service users with CKD to complete a survey pack that contains a demographic section and 7 questionnaires.
The results of this study will help us understand if the perception of having CKD predicts the levels of physical activity. As these perceptions are modifiable, appropriate interventions might increase levels of physical activity and alleviate depression and its negative impact.
REC name
London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0980
Date of REC Opinion
18 May 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion