WALT
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Wellbeing and Lifestyle in Transplantation
IRAS ID
263521
Contact name
Lina Johansson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NA, NA
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 29 days
Research summary
People who have a transplant are at higher risk of developing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and abnormal blood fats, which can lead to heart disease. In addition, some people may not manage their medications which may lead to losing or harming their kidney transplant. Therefore behaviour related factors can contribute to undesirable consequences. Supporting people to be able to manage their lifestyle in relation to diet, activity, sleep, mood etc, to help their overall wellbeing, could have long lasting and beneficial effects on the risk of subsequent conditions or improve how long the transplanted kidney can last.
In order to develop a programme of care including behaviour change, focus groups and interviews will be conducted with three principal stakeholder groups to understand care experiences and priorities. These groups (4-6 participants in each) will be formed of:
1) People with a kidney transplant for at least 6 months;
2) Carers/close persons of people with a kidney transplant; and
3) Members of the hospital team who look after people with transplants e.g. doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians.The people running and/or analysing the focus group discussions are all experienced in this field (including one person with a kidney transplant). By the end of the study, we hope to find out the following:
1.Explore and expand on the views and experiences of different groups on information already available regarding facilitators and barriers to healthy living and well-being post transplantation.
2.Establish the outline of a programme of care for people who have received a kidney transplant.
3.Develop a set of outcomes that matter to patients about healthy living and well-being, which will be used to develop the programme of care.After this study, we plan to apply for further funding to develop the programme and test if, and how, it works.
REC name
West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/WM/0026
Date of REC Opinion
5 Mar 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion