Nasrollah Ghahramani|Vernon M. Chinchilli|Jennifer L. Kraschnewski|Eugene J. Lengerich|Christopher N. Sciamanna
Improving Caregiver Burden by a Peer-Led Mentoring Program for Caregivers of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial
Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University
chronic kidney disease ckd associated substantial morbidity mortality cost increased caregiver burden peer mentoring pm improves multiple outcomes various chronic diseases effect pm caregiver burden among caregivers patients ckd studied conducted randomized clinical trial test effectiveness structured pm program burden care among caregivers patients ckd randomized 86 caregivers receive 6 months intervention 1 3 groups 1 facetoface pm n 29 2 online pm n 29 3 usual care textbookonly n 28 peer mentors caregivers patients ckd received 16 h instruction participants received copy textbook contains detailed information kidney disease participants pm groups received ftf online pm 6 months outcome timerelated change zarit burden interview zbi score statistically significant decrease zbi score se 344 ci 631 057 p 0002 compared baseline among online pm group online pm led decreased caregiver burden among caregivers patients ckd study limited englishspeaking subjects computer literacy