Shared decision-making for renal replacement treatment and illness perception in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current healthcare trends emphasize the use of shared decision-making (SDM) for renal replacement treatment (RRT) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is crucial to understand the relationship between SDM and illness perception of CKD patients. Few studies have focused on SDM and illness perception status of CKD patients and the impact of illness perception on RRT after SDM.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we used a questionnaire with purposive sampling from March 2019 to February 2020 at the nephrology outpatient department of a medical center in southern Taiwan. The nephrology medical team in this study used the SHARE five-step model of SDM to communicate with the patients about RRT and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) was appl

SUBMITTER: Hsiao SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426182 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature