Treatment Decision Making for Older Kidney Patients during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted medical care across health care settings for older patients with advanced CKD. Understanding how shared decision making for kidney treatment decisions was influenced by the uncertainty of an evolving pandemic can provide insights for supporting shared decision making through the current and future public health crises.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We performed thematic and narrative analyses of semistructured interviews with patients (CKD stages 4 and 5, age 70+), care partners, and clinicians from Boston, Portland (Maine), San Diego, and Chicago from August to December 2020.

Results

We interviewed 76 participants (39 patients, 17 care partners, and 20 clinicians). Among patient p

SUBMITTER: Porteny T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269620 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature