Perceived Life Expectancy Among Dialysis Recipients: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Greater prognostic understanding is associated with higher quality care at the end of life. We undertook a scoping review to explore how long dialysis recipients expect to live.

Study design

Scoping Review.

Setting & study populations

People with kidney failure over 18 years old.

Search strategy & sources

Studies were identified by searching Medline, Embase, APA PsycINFO, HMIC, and ProQuest database for terms related to "life expectancy", "self-estimated", and "end stage kidney disease".

Data extraction

Search strategies reported 349 unique, potentially eligible studies, with 8 studies meeting the inclusion criteria after screening.

Results

Significant mismatches between dialysis recipients and their health care provider's es

SUBMITTER: Beckwith H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10345159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature