Exploring the relationship between professional roles and behavioural intentions in chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study among primary and specialist health professionals in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

General practitioners, nephrologists and renal nurses play key roles in professional integration in chronic kidney disease (CKD) management. Professional roles may influence professionals' behavioural intentions, namely, the degree to which individuals formulate behavioural plans to attain a behavioural goal. However, little is known about the relationship between professional roles and their behavioural intentions in CKD management. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between professional roles and their behavioural intentions in CKD management and the mediating role of normative and functional factors.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in Shanghai, China.

Participants

A total of

SUBMITTER: Wu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749849 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature