Use of a Medical-Alert Accessory in CKD: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Poor disease recognition may jeopardize the safety of CKD care. We examined safety events and outcomes in patients with CKD piloting a medical-alert accessory intended to improve disease recognition and an observational subcohort from the same population.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We recruited 350 patients with stage 2-5 predialysis CKD. The first (pilot) 108 participants were given a medical-alert accessory (bracelet or necklace) indicating the diagnosis of CKD and displaying a website with safe CKD practices. The subsequent (observation) subcohort (n=242) received usual care. All participants underwent annual visits with ascertainment of patient-reported events (class 1) and actionable safety findings (class 2). Secondar

SUBMITTER: Farhy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625620 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature