The goal of this pilot implementation study is to implement and evaluate a 13-week dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) skills training program to address challenges to mental health and mental wellbeing in people who have recently started facility-based hemodialysis or those who may start within the next 6-12 months.
Age > 18 years old
Individuals followed in the Manitoba Kidney Health Program at Seven Oaks General Hospital or Health Sciences Centre sites with advanced chronic kidney disease not yet on facility-based hemodialysis but with plans to start within 1 month; OR
Individuals followed in the Manitoba Kidney Health Program at the SOGH or HSC sites who have initiated facility-based hemodialysis within the last 90 days
Able and willing to attend weekly DBT sessions (either virtually or in-person)
Unable to complete intervention due to planned relocation/transplant/modality change
Unable to communicate in English
Actively participating in psychiatric care with psychiatric (DSM-5) diagnosis
Requiring referral for psychiatric care as per facility-based HD care provider assessment
University of Manitoba
Lead sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborator