KidnEy olDer persoN Assessment (EDNA) study development
Research type
Research Study
Full title
KidnEy olDer persoN Assessment (EDNA) study development: understanding what matters to older people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease, their caregivers and healthcare professionals.
IRAS ID
334480
Contact name
Helen Hurst
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Salford Care Organisation
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 2 days
Research summary
This study seeks to understand and develop a core set of outcomes important for older people living with frailty and progressive chronic kidney disease. The background for the development of this study is from the growing concerns of more older people with advanced chronic kidney disease living with frailty and the burden of the treatment and the disease is having on their quality of life. To better understand what will improve the assessment processes and management for these people there is a need to explore the use of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (used in the general population to provide holistic multidisciplinary care and planning) in a nephrology setting. However, before this type of study can be conducted in the nephrology setting it is important to understand what is important for older people living with advanced kidney disease and frailty, to ensure outcomes that are measured have meaning and relevance. This study therefore will focus on developing a core set of outcomes that will inform the development of a Programme Grant application looking at the implementation of a renal Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA).
REC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/PR/0003
Date of REC Opinion
31 Jan 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion