Clinicians' and researchers' perspectives on establishing and implementing core outcomes in haemodialysis: semistructured interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the perspectives of clinicians and researchers on identifying, establishing and implementing core outcomes in haemodialysis and their expected impact.

Design

Face-to-face, semistructured interviews; thematic analysis.

Stetting

Twenty-seven centres across nine countries.

Participants

Fifty-eight nephrologists (42 (72%) who were also triallists).

Results

We identified six themes: reflecting direct patient relevance and impact (survival as the primary goal of dialysis, enabling well-being and functioning, severe consequences of comorbidities and complications, indicators of treatment success, universal relevance, stakeholder consensus); amenable and responsive to interventions (realistic and possible to intervene on, dif

SUBMITTER: Tong A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914778 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature