Improving management of needle distress during the journey to dialysis through psychological education and training-the INJECT study feasibility pilot protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Needle-related distress is a common yet poorly recognised and managed problem among haemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of the INJECT Intervention-an innovative psychology-based intervention to empower patients to self-manage needle distress with the support of dialysis nurses.

Methods

This investigator-initiated, single-arm, non-randomised feasibility study will take place in a large dialysis service in Adelaide, Australia. Participants will include patients aged ≥ 18 years, commencing or already receiving maintenance HD, recruited through dialysis physicians and nursing staff as individuals believed to be at risk of needle distress. They will be screened for inclusion using the Dialysis Fear of In

SUBMITTER: Radisic G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8815234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature