Treatment decision-making and care among older adults with kidney failure: protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational cohort study with nested substudies and linked qualitative research (the Elderly Advanced CKD Programme).
Amanda SiriwardanaNicholas A GrayAngela MakrisChenlei Kelly LiKenneth YongYachna MehtaJannel RamosGian Luca Di TannaChris GianacasIsaac Yeboah AddoSarah RoxburghVasi NaganathanCeline FooteMartin GallagherPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Ethics approval was obtained through Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (2019/ETH07718, 2020/ETH02226, 2021/ETH01020, 2019/ETH07783). OUTLOOK is approved to have waiver of individual patient consent. TIMELY, Co-TIMELY and CONTEND participants will provide written informed consent. Final results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and presented at scientific meetings.
Keyphrases
- public health
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- chronic kidney disease
- randomized controlled trial
- drug administration
- palliative care
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- clinical trial
- systematic review
- global health
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- middle aged
- combination therapy
- pluripotent stem cells
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- machine learning
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- community dwelling
- double blind
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