Patients' and healthcare professionals' beliefs, perceptions and needs towards chronic kidney disease self-management in China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To support the adaptation and translation of an evidence-based chronic kidney disease (CKD) self-management intervention to the Chinese context, we examined the beliefs, perceptions and needs of Chinese patients with CKD and healthcare professionals (HCPs) towards CKD self-management.

Design

A basic interpretive, cross-sectional qualitative study comprising semistructured interviews and observations.

Setting

One major tertiary referral hospital in Henan province, China.

Participants

11 adults with a diagnosis of CKD with CKD stages G1-G5 and 10 HCPs who worked in the Department of Nephrology.

Results

Four themes emerged: (1) CKD illness perceptions, (2) understanding of and motivation towards CKD self-management, (3) current CKD practice and (

SUBMITTER: Shen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature