Status:

COMPLETED

Dietary Adherence Enhancement in Peritoneal Dialysis: BalanceWise-PD

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pittsburgh

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

End-Stage Renal Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This randomized study will pilot test an intervention, based on self-efficacy theory and involving personal digital assistant (PDA)-based dietary self-monitoring, to improve adherence to the peritonea...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The investigators will recruit those individuals:
  • who are 18 years of age or older,
  • who are literate, community-dwelling adults, and
  • who have been receiving maintenance PD for at least 3 months. Individuals on maintenance PD less than 3 months are excluded to allow for patients to adjust to the PD regimen, and for stabilization of nutritional status in the early weeks of dialysis (i.e. they may be considered for the study after 3 months of dialysis)

Exclusion

  • Excluded from the study will be individuals:
  • who are deemed by dialysis center staff to have a problem with cognitive function and to be chronically noncompliant to the dialysis regimen (e.g. misses multiple appointments and dialysis treatments),
  • those who cannot read or write, those who do not speak English,
  • those who plan to move out of the area or change dialysis centers within the next 5 months,
  • those with a terminal illness and life expectancy of less than 12 months,
  • those who are scheduled for a living donor transplant,
  • individuals who cannot see the PDA screen or use the stylus to make selections from the PDA screen, or
  • individuals who are living in a nursing home or personal care facility, who would have limited control over their dietary intake

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00447317

Start Date

November 1 2007

End Date

November 1 2009

Last Update

May 17 2010

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Dialysis Clinics, Inc.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213