Remote symptom monitoring with patient-reported outcome measures in outpatients with chronic kidney disease (PROKID): a multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is straining the capacity of outpatient clinics. Remote healthcare delivery might improve CKD follow-up compared with conventional face-to-face follow-up. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used to empower remote follow-up and patient engagement. The consequences of shifting from face-to-face follow-up to remote outpatient follow-up on kidney function, health resource utilisation and quality of life remain unknown.

Methods

We conducted a multicentre pragmatic non-inferiority trial at three outpatient clinics in the Central Denmark Region. A total of 152 incident outpatients with CKD were randomised (1:1:1) to either PRO-based, PRO-telephone follow-up or standard of care (SoC). The primary outcome was the a

SUBMITTER: Grove BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11240050 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature