Perspectives and experiences of patients and healthcare professionals with geriatric assessment in chronic kidney disease: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) often live with unidentified frailty and multimorbidity. Despite guideline recommendations, geriatric assessment is not part of standard clinical care, resulting in a missed opportunity to enhance (clinical) outcomes including quality of life in these patients. To develop routine geriatric assessment programs for patients approaching ESKD, it is crucial to understand patients' and professionals' experiences with and perspectives about the benefits, facilitators and barriers for geriatric assessment.

Methods

In this qualitative study, semi-structured focus group discussions were conducted with ESKD patients, caregivers and professionals. Participants were purposively sampled from three Dutch hospital-based study-

SUBMITTER: Voorend CGN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature