Tool helps measure patients' readiness to make decisions about starting dialysis
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
A new algorithm is a useful tool for measuring chronic kidney disease patients' readiness for making decisions about initiating dialysis. Patients who have knowledge about their options and have fewer lifestyle barriers to home dialysis are more likely to be ready to make decisions. Doctors who explain all of the treatment options that are available can increase patients' readiness for decision-making, say authors of a new study.