Young-Ki Lee, Yang-Hyeon Kim, Do-Hyoung Kim, Jin-Heog Kim, Jeong-Hwan Lee, Ji Hyeon Park, Gang-Jee Ko, Won-Min Hwang, Hyo-Wook Gil, Young-Sun Kang, Kyu-Bok Jin, Jun-Young Do, Se-Joong Kim, Beom-Seok Kim, Ho Sik Shin
BACKGROUND: Patients with kidney failure must make complicated decisions about the dialysis modalities used either at home or in-hospital. Different options have varying levels of impact on patients' physical and psychological conditions and their social life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an intervention designed to achieve shared decision making (SDM) in patients' options for dialysis. METHODS: SDM was performed after consent was written for stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients before dialysis, and 435 cases were performed in 408 patients from December 16, 2019 to June 30, 2021...
May 12, 2023: Medicine (Baltimore)