Self-management interventions for chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management intervention aims to facilitate an individual's ability to make lifestyle changes. The effectiveness of this intervention in non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is limited. In this study, we applied a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether self-management intervention improves renoprotection for non-dialysis chronic kidney disease.

Methods

We conducted a comprehensive search for randomized controlled trials addressing our objective. We searched for studies up to May 12, 2018. Two reviewers independently evaluated study quality and extracted characteristics and outcomes among patients with CKD within the intervention phase for each trial. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses were conducted to explore heteroge

SUBMITTER: Peng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6486699 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature