Completed Projects

BISTRO Study 

The objective of this trial was to determine whether using bioimpedance technology in prescribing the optimal post-dialysis weight can reduce the rate of decline of RKF and potentially improve patient outcomes

Outputs

Davies, S. J., Caskey, F. J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E., Macdonald, J., Mitra, S., Wilkie, M., Davenport, A., Farrington, K., Dasgupta, I., Ormandy, P., Andronis, L., Solis-Trapala, I., & Sim, J. (2017). Rationale and design of BISTRO: a randomized controlled trial to determine whether bioimpedance spectroscopy-guided fluid management maintains residual kidney function in incident haemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrology, 18(1), 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0554-1

COVID-Nurse

The aim of the COVID-NURSE study was to co-create and evaluate the impact on patient experience, care quality, functional ability, treatment outcomes and costs of a nursing care protocol specifically addressing the fundamental care requirements of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (not invasively ventilated)

Outputs

Richards, DA, Sugg, HVR, Cockcroft, E, Cooper, J, Cruickshank, S, Doris, F, Hulme, C, Logan, P, Iles-Smith, HM , Melendez-Torres, GJ, Rafferty, AM, Reed, N, Russell, AM, Shepherd, M, Singh, SJ, Thompson Coon, J, Tooze, S, Wotton, S, Abbott, R, Bethel, A, Creanor, S, Quinn, L, Tripp, H, Warren, FC, Whear, R, Bollen, J, Hunt, HA, Kent, M, Morgan, L, Morley, N and Romanczuk, L (2021) ‘COVID-NURSE : evaluation of a fundamental nursing care protocol compared to care as usual on experience of care for non-invasively ventilated patients in hospital with the SARS-CoV-2 virus : protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial’ , BMJ Open, 11 (5) , e046436. 

Mood Maps

A national study of practice patterns in renal services in the identification and management of depression in people with chronic kidney disease (Mood Maps study)

Outputs

Pearce, C. J., Hall, N., Hudson, J. L., Farrington, K., Ryan Tucker, M. J., Wellsted, D., Jones, J., Sharma, S., Norton, S., Ormandy, P., Palmer, N., Quinnell, A., Fitzgerald, L., Griffiths, S. & Chilcot, J. Approaches to the identification and management of depression in people living with chronic kidney disease: a scoping review of 860 papers. Journal of Renal Care. 8 Feb 2024, 50, 1, p. 4-14 11 p.

Psychosocial impact of Covid-19 on patients and their carers

We undertook an online national survey of UK kidney centres to understand the nature, range, and degree of variation in these changes and to explore factors contributing to differing practice

Outputs

Mackintosh L, Ormandy P, Busby A, Hawkins J, Klare R, Silver C, Da Silva-Gane M, Santhakumaran S, Bristow P, Sharma S, Wellsted D, Chilcot J, Sridharan S, Steenkamp R, Harris T, Muirhead S, Lush V, Afuwape S, Farrington K. Impact of COVID-19 on patient experience of kidney care: a rapid review. J Nephrol. 2024 Mar;37(2):365-378. doi: 10.1007/s40620-023-01823-5. Epub 2023 Dec 20. PMID: 38123835; PMCID: PMC11043167.

Needling Patient Reported Experience Measure (NPREM)

The aim of this study was to first gain a better understand patient experience of needling and develop a questionnaire that measures it

Outputs

Moore, C., Ellis-Caird, H., Fielding, C., Awan, F., Paul, T., Flanagan, R. et al. (2024) Patients’ perspectives on key aspects influencing needling for haemodialysis: a qualitative study. Journal of Renal Care, 50, 538–551. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12513

Currie Moore, Amanda Busby, Rebecca Flanagan, Helen Ellis-Caird, Faizan Awan, Tarsem Paul, Catherine Fielding, Kieran McCafferty, Sabine N van der Veer, Ken Farrington, David Wellsted, Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: the NPREM, Clinical Kidney Journal, 2025;, sfaf029, https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfaf029