Clinical Relevance of an Online Self-Management Intervention in Haemodialysis: A Secondary Data Analysis of the ‘Connected We St@nd’ Programme

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q3 NURSING

Journal of renal care Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI:10.1111/jorc.70012

Helena Sousa, Oscar Ribeiro, Ana Bártolo, Mário Rodrigues, Elísio Costa, Joana Quental, Fernando Ribeiro, Constança Paúl, Daniela Figueiredo

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Abstract

Background

The ‘Connected We St@nd’ programme is an Internet-mediated self-management intervention that combines health education with psychosocial support, with evidenced feasibility and acceptability in haemodialysis.

Objectives

To evaluate the clinical relevance of the programme and to better understand which intervention outcomes/health-related self-report measures are most sensitive to reflect changes between pre- and post-intervention assessments.

Design

This study followed a pre-post quasi-experimental design.

Participants

Twenty-six individuals (16 people on haemodialysis and 10 family caregivers) completed the intervention.

Measurements

Participants filled out a web-based assessment protocol before and after the intervention. To determine the clinical relevance of within-group pre-post changes, effect sizes, minimal clinically important differences, and reliable change indexes were calculated.

Results

Clinically meaningful results were found on outcome measures with reasonable sensitivity to detect pre-post changes in the positive affect dimension of subjective well-being, purpose in life, overall quality of life, and psychological health. The latter was the variable that obtained the greatest number of respondents with reliable post-intervention improvements.

Conclusions

Participation in the programme led to clinically important and reliable improvements in several intervention outcomes, hinting that this evidence-informed intervention has the potential to be a valuable resource for promoting successful psychosocial adjustment among this population. Suggestions were made to fine-tune the evaluation and implementation of a large-scale trial to, in due course, encourage the integration of this technology-assisted interdisciplinary initiative into existing kidney care services.

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Journal of renal care Nursing-Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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3.50

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5.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Renal Care (JORC), formally EDTNA/ERCA Journal, is the official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nursing Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA). The Journal of Renal Care is an international peer-reviewed journal for the multi-professional health care team caring for people with kidney disease and those who research this specialised area of health care. Kidney disease is a chronic illness with four basic treatments: haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis conservative management and transplantation, which includes emptive transplantation, living donor & cadavaric transplantation. The continuous world-wide increase of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) means that research and shared knowledge into the causes and treatment is vital to delay the progression of CKD and to improve treatments and the care given. The Journal of Renal Care is an important journal for all health-care professionals working in this and associated conditions, such as diabetes and cardio-vascular disease amongst others. It covers the trajectory of the disease from the first diagnosis to palliative care and includes acute renal injury. The Journal of Renal Care accepts that kidney disease affects not only the patients but also their families and significant others and provides a forum for both the psycho-social and physiological aspects of the disease.