Patient and physician perspectives on treatment burden in end-stage kidney disease: a nominal group technique study.

Sarah T Thomas Adem Sav Rae Thomas Magnolia CardonaZoe MichaleffThomas T TitusClaudia Caroline Dobler

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Discussing treatment burden in a clinical encounter may lead to a better understanding of patients' capacity to cope with their treatment workload. This could facilitate tailored care, improve health outcomes, treatment sustainability and patients' overall quality of life.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
newly diagnosed
primary care
peritoneal dialysis
pain management
chronic pain
patient reported