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Therapeutics
Randomised controlled trial
A nurse-led disease management programme for chronic kidney disease improves outcomes such as adherence to diet and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  1. Helen Goodman
  1. Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
  1. Correspondence to Helen Goodman
    Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; h.goodman{at}rbht.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1088

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    Commentary on: Wong FK, Chow SK, Chan TM. Evaluation of a nurse-led disease management programme for chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud 2010;47:268–78.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    The programme

    Wong and colleagues address a very important area of adherence to treatment in end-stage renal failure. They have developed a disease management programme of weekly telephone contacts for 6 weeks to improve adherence to diet, fluid and medication regimes. The first and last contacts are with specialist nurses and the intervening ones with trained general nurses who used standardised pro formas and questionnaires. They also discuss health goals and reinforce positive health behaviour.

    The evaluation

    The programme has been evaluated using a randomised controlled trial involving all patients attending the follow-up clinics at two …

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    • Competing interests None.