The role of peer support in coping and adjustment to dialysis and transplantation: Study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with kidney failure receiving dialysis or kidney transplantation find it difficult to adapt to treatment related routines and restrictions, and feel frustrated when their expectations aren't matched by their lived experience. Health professionals provide information to help people prepare for kidney treatments, but it may be that 'peer supporters' - people who live with kidney disease - can provide more easily understood and relevant information. This study will explore how learning from peer supporters might improve the experience of treatment, after dialysis initiation and post-transplantation, by helping them to better understand what to expect from treatments.

Methods

Two mixed methods studies including in-depth interviews and questionnaires. In each

SUBMITTER: Winterbottom A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11809911 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature