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Observational Study
. 2015 Oct 14;10(10):e0138811.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138811. eCollection 2015.

The Concordance between Patients' Renal Replacement Therapy Choice and Definitive Modality: Is It a Utopia?

Mario Prieto-Velasco  1 , Pedro Quiros  2 , Cesar Remon  2 ; Spanish Group for the Implementation of a Shared Decision Making Process for RRT Choice with Patient Decision Aid Tools
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Observational Study

The Concordance between Patients' Renal Replacement Therapy Choice and Definitive Modality: Is It a Utopia?

Mario Prieto-Velasco et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Introduction: It is desirable for patients to play active roles in the choice of renal replacement therapy (RRT). Patient decision aid tools (PDAs) have been developed to allow the patients to choose the option best suited to their individual needs.

Material and methods: An observational, prospective registry was conducted in 26 Spanish hospitals between September 2010 and May 2012. The results of the patients' choice and the definitive RRT modality were registered through the progressive implementation of an Education Process (EP) with PDAs designed to help Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients choose RRT.

Results: Patients included in this study: 1044. Of these, 569 patients used PDAs and had made a definitive choice by the end of registration. A total of 88.4% of patients chose dialysis [43% hemodialysis (HD) and 45% peritoneal dialysis (PD)] 3.2% preemptive living-donor transplant (TX), and 8.4% conservative treatment (CT). A total of 399 patients began RRT during this period. The distribution was 93.4% dialysis (53.6% HD; 40% PD), 1.3% preemptive TX and 5.3% CT. The patients who followed the EP changed their mind significantly less often [kappa value of 0.91 (95% CI, 0.86-0.95)] than those who did not follow it, despite starting unplanned treatment [kappa value of 0.85 (95% CI, 0.75-0.95]. A higher agreement between the final choice and a definitive treatment was achieved by the EP and planned patients [kappa value of 0.93 (95% CI, 0.89-0.98)]. Those who did not go through the EP had a much lower index of choosing PD and changed their decision more frequently when starting definitive treatment [kappa value of 0.73 (95% CI, 0.55-0.91)].

Conclusions: Free choice, assisted by PDAs, leads to a 50/50 distribution of PD and HD choice and an increase in TX choice. The use of PDAs, even with an unplanned start, achieved a high level of concordance between the chosen and definitive modality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Description of the Phases of the Education Process.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Patient Flow during the registry period.
Abbreviations: CT, conservative treatment; HD, in-center hemodialysis; HHD, home hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; and TX, living-donor preemptive transplantation.
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