Value Placed on Comfort vs Life Prolongation Among Patients Treated With Maintenance Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients receiving maintenance dialysis experience intensive patterns of end-of-life care that might not be consistent with their values.

Objective

To evaluate the association of patients' health care values with engagement in advance care planning and end-of-life care.

Design, setting, and participants

Survey study of patients who received maintenance dialysis between 2015 and 2018 at dialysis centers in the greater metropolitan areas of Seattle, Washington, and Nashville, Tennessee, with longitudinal follow-up of decedents. Logistic regression models were used to estimate probabilities. Data analysis was conducted between May and October 2022.

Exposures

A survey question about the value that the participant would place on longevity-focused vs comfo

SUBMITTER: Wong SPY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10043804 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature