Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research

Developing and Testing Educational Materials to Improve Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Primary Investigator:
    L. Ebony Boulware
  • Primary Location:
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Grant Type & Year:
    IIG 2008

Purpose

The ultimate mission of the project is to develop audiovisual and computer-based resources to enhance shared decision making regarding choice of kidney replacement therapies, and perform a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the relative effectiveness of resources in improving patient-provider shared decision making. It is hypothesized that resources will improve shared decision making compared to usual care.

Findings

A DQ Facts and Values worksheets has been filled out and work continues to be done on the second phase of the study.

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