Patient and Health Care Professional Perspectives on Addressing Obesity in ESKD.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Obesity is common among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and is a pervasive barrier to kidney transplantation. Patient perspectives about barriers to weight loss and patient and health care professionals' viewpoints about optimal obesity management in ESKD are needed.

Study design

Qualitative study using a descriptive phenomenological approach to understand ESKD patients' lived experiences with obesity and weight loss and patients' and health professionals' perceptions about optimal obesity care for ESKD patients.

Setting & participants

Between October 2020 and December 2021, we conducted 90-minute semistructured interviews with 40 ESKD patients with obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30kg/m²) and 60-minute interviews with 20

SUBMITTER: Harhay MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature