Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:32 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:32 AM
NCT ID:
NCT06807567
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Eligibility criteria for each of the participant groups described above are as follows:
Patients:
1. Adults aged ≥ 18 years
2. Diagnosed with CKD, or at risk of CKD, AND at least one other long-term health condition out of:
* Hypertension
* Diabetes mellitus
* HIV infection
* Heart failure
* Stroke (See Table 1 for diagnostic inclusion criteria for each of the above conditions)
3. Receiving outpatient care at one of the selected study sites, for at least 6 months
Caregivers:
1. Adults aged ≥ 18 years
2. Identified by a patient meeting the above inclusion criteria to be their primary caregiver
Healthcare workers:
* Adults aged ≥ 18 years
* Currently employed as a healthcare worker at either QECH, Chiradzulu District Hospital, Ndunde Health Centre or Namadzi Health Centre.
* Working in an outpatient clinic environments where care is delivered for patients with any of the above conditions, which may include (but is not limited to) the following:
* CKD clinic (QECH)
* Hypertension clinic (QECH)
* Diabetes clinic (QECH)
* HIV clinic (all study locations, including the Lighthouse clinic at QECH)
* Cardiology /chest clinic (QECH)
* General non-communicable disease (Chiradzulu District Hospital and its referring primary health centres)
Policy makers
* Adults aged ≥ 18 years
* Identified through stakeholder mapping and/or snowball sampling to have a leading role relevant to planning, managing and implementing services and/or policies for NCDs and/or other LTCs.
Exclusion Criteria:
* • Under 18 years of age
* Acute physical or mental illness, which requires urgent treatment and might impact on ability to participate in and complete interview
* Current hospital inpatient
* Unable to participate in interview due to severe communication difficulties (e.g. aphasia), confusion or behavioural disturbance
* Declines consent
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT06807567
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06807567