Shared Decision-Making and Dialysis Choice (SDM-DC)
Chronic Kidney Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Chronic Kidney Diseases
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate below 20 ml/min
- A clinical judgement made by the contact nurse and the contact physician
Exclusion Criteria:
- Conservative care
- A set date for a transplantation with a living donor
- Not able to participate due to cognitive impairment
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Other
SDM-DC
All adult patients with kidney failure referred to a department of renal medicine at one of the four hospitals from the 1st of October 2016 to the 31st of May 2018 were offered the intervention and invited to participate in the study. The inclusion criterion was an estimated glomerular filtration rate below 20 ml/min and based on a clinical judgement made by the contact doctor and/or the contact nurse about the decline in the Estimated glomerular filtration rate to continue. Exclusion criteria were patients who had decided on conservative management, patients with a living donor and a set date for transplantation and patients not able to participate in the intervention due to cognitive impairment. The use of an interpreter was not an exclusion criterion.