Development of a complex arts-based intervention for patients with end-stage kidney disease whilst receiving haemodialysis.

Claire Elizabeth CarswellJoanne ReidIan WalshWilliam JohnstonJenny B LeeHelen McAneneyRobert MullanHugh NelsonMichael MatthewsElizabeth WeatherupAndrea SpencerJean MicheloAnne QuailGrainne KieltyAlistair MackenzieJenny ElliottHelen Noble

Published in: Pilot and feasibility studies (2021)

The Arts in Health framework provided an appropriate and pragmatic approach to intervention development. Complex arts-based interventions can be developed for the purpose of evaluation within a trial framework. This intervention was designed to strike a balance between standardised components, and a person-centred approach necessary to address existential boredom.

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