Use of large-scale HRQoL datasets to generate individualised predictions and inform patients about the likely benefit of surgery.

Nils GutackerAndrew Street

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2017)

Patients are heterogeneous in their expected benefit from surgery, and decision aids should reflect this. Large administrative datasets on HRQoL can be used to generate the required individualised predictions to inform patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
minimally invasive
peritoneal dialysis
coronary artery disease
patient reported outcomes
decision making