Do patients with high versus low treatment and illness burden have different needs? A mixed-methods study of patients living on dialysis.

Kasey R BoehmerKathleen H PineSamantha WhitmanPaige OrganickAnjali ThotaNataly R EspinozaChristina M LaVecchiaAlexander LeeEmma BehnkenBjoerg ThorsteinsdottirAditya S PawarAnnika BeckElizabeth C LorenzRobert C Albright

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Patients on dialysis reporting the greatest illness and treatment burden have difficulties that their low-burden counterparts do not report, which may be amenable to intervention.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
randomized controlled trial
prognostic factors
emergency department
patient reported outcomes