QOL in couples starting dialysis
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Determinants of quality of life in dialysis patients and their carers
IRAS ID
226463
Contact name
Currie Moore
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Research Registry, researchregistry2574
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 4 days
Research summary
Each year in the UK approximately 6000 people start dialysis. Dialysis provides people with a way of removing the toxins from their bodies when their kidneys are no longer able to do so. Although it is life sustaining, it is also a complex medical treatment which requires people to spend a considerable amount of time connected to a machine and rigorously adhering to diets, medications and schedules. While starting on dialysis directly impacts the patient physically, it also impacts many other areas of their lives and the lives of people close to them. \n\nResearch with patients who require dialysis and those closest to them report that quality of life is important. Although there is considerable research which looks at the quality of life of people on dialysis, there is very little known about how dialysis impacts peoples’ quality of life just before they start dialysis and over the first 12 weeks on it. The aim of this study is to better understand quality of life in patients and their partners (for example spouses or significant others) as one of them starts on dialysis. This study is also interested in the relationship between quality of life and psychological and social factors. Patients starting on any form of dialysis (haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) and their partners will be asked to complete questionnaires before starting dialysis and then again at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after starting dialysis. The information collected from this study will give insight as to how dialysis impacts quality of life in couples and what psychological and social factors may be linked to better and poorer quality of life. It could highlight ways which current treatment plans could be changed to improve quality of life as people transition onto dialysis.\n\n
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/NW/0501
Date of REC Opinion
12 Oct 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion