A Communication-Priming Intervention to Improve Shared Decision-Making Between Older Adults With Advanced CKD and Clinicians
Recruiting · NCT06799936 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
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What this trial is about
To achieve the goal of reaching consensus about the preferred treatment option that best aligns with the goals and values of patients, the investigators developed a 'CKD Jumpstart- Tips" priming tool tailored for older adults with advanced CKD that is based on communication principles from VitalTalk and Elwyn's goal-based SDM model. The investigators hypothesize that compared with patients in the usual care group, patients in the 'CKD Jumpstart- Tips' intervention group will have: 1. increased level of shared decision-making (observer-based and patient-reported), 2. improved quality of communication, 3. increased patient involvement in decision-making, 4. lower decisional conflict, 5. lower decision regret, 6. decreased time to decision, 7. improved adherence to treatment choice, and 8. improved health-related quality-of-life.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- for the two groups of participants (i.e. Clinicians and Patients):
- Clinicians
- \- Nephrology specialists or higher physician trainees who provide specialty care to older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease
- Patients
- Diagnosis of advanced CKD Stage 4 or 5 defined by estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) of ≤ 20 and a creatinine level ≥350 (umol/L) on two measurements at least 90 days apart in the prior year.
- Chinese- or English-speaking
- Able to provide written informed consent and complete questionnaires
- Can be contacted by phone
Exclusion criteria
- for patients:
- Patients will be excluded if they
- have a confirmed advanced CKD treatment decision for dialysis, palliative care, or renal transplant documented in clinical notes
- have initiated any of these treatments
- lack decision-making capacity
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Queen Mary Hospital - Hong Kong, Hong Kong