Exploring the acceptability of a community-enhanced intervention to improve decision support partnership between patients with chronic kidney disease and their family caregivers.

ABSTRACT: Patients face numerous health-related decisions once advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is diagnosed. Yet, when patients are underprepared to navigate and discuss health-related decisions, they can make choices inconsistent with their expectations for the future. This pilot study, guided by the multiphase optimization strategy and community-engaged research principles, aimed to explore the acceptability of a developed patient component to a decision-support training intervention called ImPart (Improving Decisional Partnership of CKD Dyads). CKD patients and their family caregivers were recruited from an urban, academic medical center. Eligibility criteria for patients included a diagnosis of stage 3 or higher CKD (on chart review), and caregivers participated in interview sessions only.

SUBMITTER: Gazaway S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226109 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature