Kidney Transplant Clinicians' Perceptions of Palliative Care for Patients With Failing Allografts in the US: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Kidney transplant patients with failing allografts have a physical and psychological symptom burden as well as high morbidity and mortality. Palliative care is underutilized in this vulnerable population. We described kidney transplant clinicians' perceptions of palliative care to delineate their perceived barriers to and facilitators of providing palliative care to this population.

Study design

National explanatory sequential mixed methods study including an online survey and semistructured interviews.

Setting & participants

Kidney transplant clinicians in the United States surveyed and interviewed from October 2021 to March 2022.

Analytical approach

Descriptive summary of survey responses, thematic analysis of qualitative interviews, and

SUBMITTER: Murakami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360225 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature