Patient Perspectives
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient perspectives of target weight management and ultrafiltration during haemodialysis
IRAS ID
203592
Contact name
David Keane
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 28 days
Research summary
This study aims to provide some preliminary data around patient perspectives of fluid removal and target weight management in haemodialysis. Despite being a fundamental and vital component of patient care, there remains ambiguity around how best to manage fluid status. This is compounded by a distinct lack of information on patients perspectives of their target weight, of how and who decides on their target weight, what ultrafiltration volumes mean to them and how intradialytic symptoms are associated with target weight measurement.
We plan to administer a questionnaire with haemodialysis patients to capture their perspectives of these themes. This data will be used to produce a patient information leaflet as an initial outcome. We hope that this has the potential to improve patient knowledge, improve clinicians understanding of the patient perspective and promote shared decision making. It is hoped that this work can be followed up and extended to other patient groups, such as peritoneal dialysis patients, non-English speakers and further haemodialysis units.REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SC/0596
Date of REC Opinion
2 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion