Hope and advance care planning in patients with end stage renal disease: qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand hope in the context of advance care planning from the perspective of patients with end stage renal disease.

Design

Qualitative in-depth interview study.

Setting

Outpatient department of a university affiliated nephrology programme.

Participants

19 patients with end stage renal disease purposively selected from the renal insufficiency, haemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis clinics.

Results

Patients' hopes were highly individualised and were shaped by personal values. They reflected a preoccupation with their daily lives. Participants identified hope as central to the process of advance care planning in that hope helped them to determine future goals of care and provided insight into the perceived benefits of advance care planning

SUBMITTER: Davison SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1626305 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature