Evaluating the feasibility of a nurse-led self-management support intervention for kidney transplant recipients: a pilot study

• Published in: BMC nephrology Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 143
• Main Authors: Been-Dahmen, Janet M J, Beck, Denise K, Peeters, Mariëlle A C, van der Stege, Heleen, Tielen, Mirjam, van Buren, Marleen C, Ista, Erwin, van Staa, AnneLoes, Massey, Emma K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.04.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Ambulatory care facilities; Care and treatment; Chronic illnesses; Communication; Disease management; End-stage-renal disease; Evidence-based nursing; Feasibility Studies; Female; Goal setting; Hemodialysis; Holistic Nursing - methods; Holistic Nursing - standards; Humans; Internet-Based Intervention; Intervention; Interviews; Kidney diseases; Kidney transplantation; Kidney Transplantation - rehabilitation; Kidney transplants; Male; Medical care quality; Medical research; Methods; Middle Aged; Motivation; Nephrology; Netherlands; Nurse practitioner; Nurse practitioners; Nurses; Nursing; Organ transplant recipients; Organ transplantation; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient education; Patient outcomes; Patients; Pilot Projects; Practice; Problem Solving; Psychotherapy; Quality of Health Care; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Self care (Health); Self Efficacy; Self-care; Self-Management - education; Self-Management - methods; Self-management support; Social Support; Training; Transplant Recipients - education; Transplant Recipients - psychology; Transplants & implants; Netherlands; Pilot study; End-stage-renal disease; Nursing; Nurse practitioner; Intervention evaluation; Organ transplantation; Self-care; Self-management support

To support effective self-management after kidney transplantation, a holistic nurse-led self-management support intervention was developed using the Intervention Mapping approach. The primary aim was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of the intervention for kidney transplant re...