Challenges to Shared Decision Making About Treatment of Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Greater understanding of the challenges to shared decision making about treatment of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is needed to support implementation of shared decision making in clinical practice.

Study design

Qualitative study.

Setting & participants

Patients aged≥65 years with advanced CKD and their clinicians recruited from 3 medical centers participated in semi-structured interviews. In-depth review of patients' electronic medical records was also performed.

Analytical approach

Interview transcripts and medical record notes were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.

Results

Twenty-nine patients (age 73±6 years, 66% male, 59% White) and 10 of their clinicians (age 52±12 years, 30% male, 70% White) participated in

SUBMITTER: House TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature