Assessment of a Peer Support Group Intervention for Undocumented Latinx Immigrants With Kidney Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most undocumented immigrants with kidney failure rely on emergency dialysis (defined as dialysis after a patient presents as critically ill) and experience significant depression and anxiety and high mortality. Culturally and language-concordant peer support group interventions may be associated with reduced depression and anxiety and may provide emotional support.

Objective

To investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a single-group peer support group intervention.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative and single-group prospective study for undocumented immigrants with kidney failure receiving emergency dialysis was conducted in Denver, Colorado, from December 2017 to July 2018. The 6-month intervention included peer support group meeti

SUBMITTER: Cervantes L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285568 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature