Perceptions of hospitalized patients and their surrogate decision makers on dialysis initiation: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dialysis is often initiated in the hospital during episodes of acute kidney injury and critical illness. Little is known about how patients or their surrogate decision makers feel about dialysis initiation in the inpatient setting.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study at a large academic center in the United States. All patients who initiated dialysis during a 30-day period in 2016 were approached for enrollment. Study participants were defined as individuals who provided consent for dialysis initiation - either the patient or a surrogate decision-maker. Decisional satisfaction and the degree of shared decision-making were assessed using the decisional attitude scale and the control preferences scale, respectively. These scales were incorporated into a

SUBMITTER: Bansal AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6083629 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature