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. 2024 Dec;37(9):2661-2669.
doi: 10.1007/s40620-024-02074-8. Epub 2024 Oct 1.

Peer-to-peer training among health care professionals working in dialysis clinics: an education approach from the GoodRENal project

Carla Maria Avesani  1 , Alicia García-Testal  2 , Patricia Mesa-Gresa  3 , Alexandra-Elena Marin  3 , Amaryllis H Van Craenenbroeck  4   5 , Evangelia Kouidi  6 , Naomi Clyne  7 , Eva Segura-Ortí  8
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Peer-to-peer training among health care professionals working in dialysis clinics: an education approach from the GoodRENal project

Carla Maria Avesani et al. J Nephrol. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Lifestyle interventions aiming to improve dietary habits, increase physical activity level, and improve emotional well-being can positively impact clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Educational material for health care professionals working with CKD patients that focuses on why and how to promote lifestyle changes is lacking. The present study aims to depict the material and dissemination methods for the peer-to-peer training program developed for health care professionals working in the dialysis clinics of the four countries engaged in the GoodRENal project: Spain, Greece, Sweden, and Belgium.

Methods: This is an ERASMUS + project funded by the European Union (number 2020-1-ES01-KA2014-083141, http://goodrenal.eu/ ) named GoodRENal. The educational material was developed in English by a multidisciplinary team integrating the GoodRENal project (dietitian, physiotherapist, psychologist, and nephrologist). The material was then translated to Greek, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch and is available for download at the GoodRENal webpage ( https://goodrenal.es/results-3/ ). After training, the health care professionals filled in an anonymous questionnaire regarding their degree of satisfaction with the training.

Results: In total, 138 health care professionals in the four dialysis clinics joined the peer-to-peer training, representing 50% to 92% of the health care professionals in each clinic. From the total sample, 78 health care professionals responded to the satisfaction questionnaire. The answers showed that most participants were very satisfied or satisfied with the peer-to-peer training and that they found this approach useful in their clinical practice.

Conclusion: The educational material developed for health care professionals working with patients on hemodialysis (HD) obtained good satisfaction scores from the participants.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Emotional well-being; Health care professionals; Hemodialysis; Nutrition; Physical activity.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: Carla Maria Avesani received honoraria for lecturing scientific event from Astra Zeneca, Fresenius Medical Care and Fresenius-Kabi. Alicia García Testal received honoraria for lecturing scientific event from Abbot Nutrition. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. Non-financial interests: Carla Maria Avesani is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Nephrology. Ethical approval: This study complies with the criteria of the Declaration of Helsinki. The ethics committees from the entities involved approved the study. Informed consent to participate: Since the current study has no intervention nor processing of personal data in the electronic questionnaire, there was no need for the participants to sign an informed consent form prior to their participation in the study.

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