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| Title |
PAlliative Care in chronic Kidney diSease: the PACKS study—quality of life, decision making, costs and impact on carers in people managed without dialysis
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| Published in |
BMC Nephrology, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12882-015-0084-7 |
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| Authors |
Helen Rose Noble, Ashley Agus, Kevin Brazil, Aine Burns, Nicola A Goodfellow, Mary Guiney, Fiona McCourt, Cliona McDowell, Charles Normand, Paul Roderick, Colin Thompson, A. P. Maxwell, M. M. Yaqoob |
| Abstract |
The number of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease opting for conservative management rather than dialysis is unknown but likely to be growing as increasingly frail patients with advanced renal disease present to renal services. Conservative kidney management includes ongoing medical input and support from a multidisciplinary team. There is limited evidence concerning patient and carer experience of this choice. This study will explore quality of life, symptoms, cognition, frailty, performance decision making, costs and impact on carers in people with advanced chronic kidney disease managed without dialysis and is funded by the National Institute of Health Research in the UK. In this prospective, multicentre, longitudinal study, patients will be recruited in the UK, by renal research nurses, once they have made the decision not to embark on dialysis. Carers will be asked to 'opt-in' with consent from patients. The approach includes longitudinal quantitative surveys of quality of life, symptoms, decision making and costs for patients and quality of life and costs for carers, with questionnaires administered quarterly over 12 months. Additionally, the decision making process will be explored via qualitative interviews with renal physicians/clinical nurse specialists. The study is designed to capture patient and carer profiles when conservative kidney management is implemented, and understand trajectories of care-receiving and care-giving with the aim of optimising palliative care for this population. It will explore the interactions that lead to clinical care decisions and the impact of these decisions on informal carers with the intention of improving clinical outcomes for patients and the experiences of care givers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 46% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 71% |
| Scientists | 5 | 21% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 188 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 187 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 15% |
| Researcher | 27 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 22% |
| Unknown | 50 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 21% |
| Psychology | 9 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 56 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 September 2017.
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#1,546,620
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#91
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#18,743
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#3
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