Serious Illness Treatment Preferences for Older Adults with Advanced CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-centered care for older adults with CKD requires communication about patient's values, goals of care, and treatment preferences. Eliciting this information requires tools that patients understand and that enable effective communication about their care preferences.

Methods

Nephrology clinic patients age ≥60 years with stage 4 or 5 nondialysis-dependent CKD selected one of four responses to the question, "If you had a serious illness, what would be important to you?" Condensed versions of the options were, "Live as long as possible;" "Try treatments, but do not suffer;" "Focus on comfort;" or "Unsure." Patients also completed a validated health outcome prioritization tool and an instrument determining the acceptability of end-of-life scenarios. Patient resp

SUBMITTER: Baddour NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830783 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature