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Psycho‐social and educational interventions for enhancing adherence to dialysis in adults with end‐stage renal disease: A meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
Tao WeiWei,
Tao XiaoMei,
Wang Yue,
Bi ShuHong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/jocn.15301
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , meta analysis , end stage renal disease , checklist , peritoneal dialysis , dialysis , hemodialysis , regimen , systematic review , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , medline , nursing , psychology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
Aims and objectives To examine the influence of psycho‐social and educational interventions on improving adherence to dialysis for patients with end‐stage renal disease. Background Adherence to the complex regimen is poor, contributing to avoidable hospitalisation and morbidity. Psycho‐social and educational interventions may be beneficial coping strategies. Design Systematic literature review and meta‐analysis were conducted. Methods We conducted a systematic search of 8 databases from their inceptions to 16 January 2019 to identify relevant articles. Only randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were included in the analysis. The PRISMA checklist was used. Results A total of forty RCTs were included to evaluate the effect. The aggregated results of the studies showed that psycho‐social and educational interventions elevated adherence rate in both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and haemodialysis (HD) patients. For physiological and biochemical indicators, meta‐analysis revealed that significant post‐treatment effects were evident for interdialytic weight gain (IDWG), IDWG/dry weight, serum potassium, phosphate, creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN), except for albumin. In particular, subgroup analysis indicated that only the interventions carried out individually exerted significant combined effect for lowering IDWG. As for subjective measures, meta‐analysis also revealed small but significant combined effects. Conclusions The results of this meta‐analysis suggest that psycho‐social and educational interventions were associated with significant effects on adherence in patients receiving dialysis regimen. Relevance to clinical practice The analysis suggests that psycho‐social and educational interventions should be considered as effective strategies for enhancing adherence to dialysis in adults with end‐stage renal disease. The potential utility of these interventions should focus on how best to promote individually implementation in clinical practice.