Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth coaching to promote healthy eating in chronic kidney disease: a mixed-methods process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a personalised telehealth intervention to support dietary self-management in adults with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Design

Mixed-methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial.

Participants

People with stage 3-4 CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]15-60 mL/min/1.73 m²).

Setting

Participants were recruited from three hospitals in Australia and completed the intervention in ambulatory community settings.

Intervention

The intervention group received one telephone call per fortnight and 2-8 tailored text messages for 3 months, and then 4-12 tailored text messages for 3 months without telephone calls. The control group received usual care for 3

SUBMITTER: Kelly JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352771 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature