Shared decision-making in advanced kidney disease: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with advanced kidney disease (AKD) have to make difficult treatment modality decisions as their disease progresses towards end-stage kidney disease. International guidelines in nephrology suggest shared decision-making (SDM) to help patients make timely treatment modality decisions that align with their values and preferences. However, systematic reviews or scoping reviews on these SDM interventions and on their reported use or outcomes are lacking. This limits the adoption of SDM in clinical practice and hampers further research and development on the subject. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of these SDM interventions by means of a scoping review of the literature. Scoping reviews can provide a broad overview of a topic, identify

SUBMITTER: Engels N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature