Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
With
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
Age
18–100
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Prevalent Stage 5 CKD patients (GFR \<15 mL/min) receiving maintenance haemodialysis therapy for more than 3 months
2. Male or female
3. Aged \>18 years
4. Able to provide written informed consent
You may not be if
1. Patients unlikely to be on HD for \> 6 months - (this includes cachectic patients, those with severe heart failure, patients in whom dialysis withdrawal is being considered, and patients likely to receive a live-donor transplant or transfer to PD in that period of time);
2. Less than 3 months after the initiation of haemodialysis (patients in this time-frame are generally less clinically stable, many having vascular access procedures performed, and rates of inter-current events, including death and hospitalisation, are very much higher in the first 3 months after commencement of chronic haemodialysis);
3. Deemed to be clinically unstable by treating physician;
4. Dementia or severe cognitive impairment (as will be unable to give consent and/or complete questionnaire assessments);
5. Severe psychiatric disorders - except treated stable
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