Improving management of needle distress during the journey to dialysis through psychological education and training—the INJECT study feasibility pilot protocol

Table 3 Schedule of enrolment, intervention and assessments

	Study period
	Enrolment	Baseline	3 weeks	6 weeks
		psychological assessment	Post education program completion
Timepoint	- t₁	t₀	t₁	t₂
Enrolment:
Informed consent	X
Eligibility screen- Dialysis Fear of Injection Questionnaire (DFIQ)	X
Demographics	X
Intervention (6-week duration starting from baseline)
Assessments:
DFIQ			X	X
Managing Needle Distress Questionnaire (MNDQ)		X		X
Blood/ Injection Fear Scale (BIFS)		X	X	X
Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS)		X	X	X
Patient INJECT evaluation survey	At the end of 6-week intervention
INJECT study satisfaction survey	Immediately post the completion of online education program
Qualitative semi-structured interview study with nurses and patients	Following the completion of the pilot study

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