Decisional Regret Surrounding Dialysis Initiation: A Comparative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Dialysis comes with a substantial treatment burden, so patients must select care plans that align with their preferences. We aimed to deepen the understanding of decisional regret with dialysis choices.

Study design

This study had a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design.

Setting & participants

All patients from a single academic medical center prescribed maintenance in-center hemodialysis or presenting for home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis check-up during 3 weeks were approached for survey. A total of 78 patients agreed to participate. Patients with the highest (15 patients) and lowest decisional regret (20 patients) were invited to semistructured interviews.

Predictors

Decisional regret scale and illness intrusiveness scale w

SUBMITTER: Pawar AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10907211 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature