Adapting a pain coping skills training intervention for people with chronic pain receiving maintenance hemodialysis for end stage Kidney disease.

Abstract

Pain Coping Skills Training (PCST) is a first-line cognitive-behavioral, non-pharmacological treatment for chronic pain and comorbid symptoms. PCST has been shown to be effective in racially and ethnically diverse cohorts across several chronic medical conditions. However, PCST has not been evaluated in those with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving in-center maintenance hemodialysis. Due to the high rates of morbidity associated with ESKD, and time-intensive treatment, an adaptation of PCST was warranted to address the unique challenges experienced by people living with ESKD. Using current guidelines developed by Card and colleagues for intervention adaptation, PCST was adapted so that it could be implemented among people living with ESKD in a national multisite trial. The objective of this paper was to describe the adaption process outlined by Card and colleagues including how the team selected an effective intervention to adapt, developed a program model, identified mismatches in the original intervention and study population, and then adapted the intervention for those with ESKD treated with in-center maintenance hemodialysis. Finally, we briefly describe future directions for clinical practice and research with the adapted PCST intervention for those with ESKD.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT04571619.