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
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Dialysis Clinics, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213