Nasrollah Ghahramani|Vernon M. Chinchilli|Jennifer L. Kraschnewski|Eugene J. Lengerich|Christopher N. Sciamanna
Effect of Peer Mentoring on Quality of Life among CKD Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center|Pennsylvania State University|Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center|Pennsylvania State University|Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center|Pennsylvania State University|Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center|Pennsylvania State University
ckd associated decreased quality life qol peer mentoring pm leads improved qol various chronic diseases effectiveness pm qol patients ckd previously studied conducted randomized clinical trial test effectiveness facetoface ftf online mentoring trained peers compared usual care ckd patients qolwe randomized 155 patients one 3 groups 1 ftf pm n 52 2 online pm n 52 3 textbook n 51 peer mentors patients ckd received formal training 16 h instruction participants 3 groups received copy informational textbook ckd participants assigned pm received either 6 months ftf online pm outcomes included timerelated changes domain scores kidney disease quality life kdqol36 groups 18month study periodcompared baseline online pm led improved scores domains kdqol36 18 months effects kidney disease p 001 burden kidney disease p 001 symptoms problems kidney disease p 0006 sf12 physical composite summary p 0001 sf12 mental composite summary p 0001 statistically significant changes baseline domain scores kdqol36 within ftf pm textbookonly groupsamong patients ckd online pm led increased scores domains kdqol36 18 months study limited englishspeaking subjects computer literacy internet access