Key result
Mixed-method study protocol outlines plans to assess psychosocial well-being in hemodialysis patients and their caregivers.
Why the study?
Chronic kidney disease imposes physical, economic, psychological, and social burdens on patients and their caregivers, but psychosocial well-being among these groups in Sri Lanka and Poland remains to be investigated.
This study protocol outlines a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the psychosocial well-being of hemodialysis patients and their caregivers in Sri Lanka and Poland.
May warrant psychosocial screening in hemodialysis; leaves open need for culturally validated interventions.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can be identified as one of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which affect millions of people worldwide, including in Sri Lanka and Poland. The prevalence of CKD has been rising over the last three decades due to the identification of CKD with unknown etiology and the increment of NCDs such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus among the Sri Lankan population. Poland can be identified as a European country that has 4 million patients with CKD, which is the second most common chronic disease in the country. CKD is associated with the physical, economic, psychological, and social burden on patients and their caregivers. The current study is aimed to investigate the psychosocial well-being of CKD patients and their caregivers in Sri Lanka and Poland. The current study is a mixed-method study aimed to investigate the psychosocial well-being of individuals with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis and their caregivers in Sri Lanka and Poland. Participants in the quantitative part of the project will be individuals with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis from Sri Lanka ( n = 63) and Poland ( n = 63) who are currently undergoing hemodialysis treatment. Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Sort Form, Beck Depression Scale, Test of Self-Conscious Affect, The Courtauld Emotional Control Scale, Acceptance of Illness Scale, and a demographic and medical information sheet will be used in both Sri Lankan and Polish samples. Apart from that, the qualitative phase of the study will involve semi-structured interviews with individuals diagnosed with CKD, selected randomly from the initial part of the research, and their close relatives. Notably, the participant count will remain undetermined, as this approach addresses the inherent challenges of exploratory research.
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Bulathwatta et al. (2023) studied Chronic Kidney Disease undergoing hemodialysis (n=126). Hemodialysis was evaluated on Psychosocial well-being (HRQOL, depression, shame and guilt proneness, emotional suppression, and acceptance of illness). This paper is a study protocol outlining a mixed-method approach to investigate the psychosocial well-being of hemodialysis patients and their caregivers in Sri Lanka and Poland, with no results reported.
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