TY - JOUR
T1 - Starting on haemodialysis
T2 - A qualitative study to explore the experience and needs of incident patients
AU - Lai, Alden Yuanhong
AU - Loh, Angela Ping Ping
AU - Mooppil, Nandakumar
AU - Krishnan, Deby Sarojiuy Pala
AU - Griva, Konstadina
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - Dialysis can be very stressful with the initial months onto treatment being highly critical in terms of both adaptation and mortality. This qualitative study aimed to explore the lived experiences of incident haemodialysis patients in Singapore. Topics related to the end-stage renal disease diagnosis and haemodialysis treatment were raised with 13 incident haemodialysis patients in the form of semi-structured interviews, and interpretative phenomenological analysis was undertaken as the framework for data analysis. Emotional distress, treatment-related concerns and social support emerged as main issues following a critical review of themes. Our study revealed that incident haemodialysis patients have emotional and informational needs, highlighting the importance of intervention programmes in particular to this patient group to promote better psychosocial adjustment to the disease and its treatment.
AB - Dialysis can be very stressful with the initial months onto treatment being highly critical in terms of both adaptation and mortality. This qualitative study aimed to explore the lived experiences of incident haemodialysis patients in Singapore. Topics related to the end-stage renal disease diagnosis and haemodialysis treatment were raised with 13 incident haemodialysis patients in the form of semi-structured interviews, and interpretative phenomenological analysis was undertaken as the framework for data analysis. Emotional distress, treatment-related concerns and social support emerged as main issues following a critical review of themes. Our study revealed that incident haemodialysis patients have emotional and informational needs, highlighting the importance of intervention programmes in particular to this patient group to promote better psychosocial adjustment to the disease and its treatment.
KW - ESRD
KW - adjustment
KW - haemodialysis
KW - incident
KW - psychosocial
KW - qualitative
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U2 - 10.1080/13548506.2012.658819
DO - 10.1080/13548506.2012.658819
M3 - Article
C2 - 22397505
AN - SCOPUS:84867362055
VL - 17
SP - 674
EP - 684
JO - Psychology, Health and Medicine
JF - Psychology, Health and Medicine
SN - 1354-8506
IS - 6
ER -