Beyond dialysis decisions: a qualitative exploration of decision-making among culturally and linguistically diverse adults with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, limited research has been dedicated to exploring the experience of decision-making for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who have initiated dialysis and have to make decisions in the context of managing multiple illnesses. Evidence about the experience of decision-making for minority or disadvantaged groups living with CKD (e.g. culturally and linguistically diverse adults; those with lower health literacy or cognitive impairment) is also lacking. This study aimed to explore the experience of healthcare decision-making among culturally and linguistically diverse adults receiving in-centre haemodialysis for advanced CKD.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews with English or Arabic-speaking adults recruited from four large haemodialysis units in Greater We

SUBMITTER: Muscat DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258454 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature