Enhanced psychosocial support for caregiver burden for patients with chronic kidney failure choosing not to be treated by dialysis or transplantation: A pilot randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 585-592

  Chan, Kwok Ying ^a   Yip, Terence ^b   Yap, Desmond Y H ^c   Sham, Mau Kwong ^a   Wong, Yim Chi ^a   Lau, Vikki Wai Kee ^a   Li, Cho Wing ^a   Cheng, Benjamin Hon Wai ^d   Lo, Wai Kei ^b   Chan, Tak Mao ^c  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anxiety; caregiver burden; chronic kidney failure; conservative management; depression; Enhanced psychosocial support; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); quality of life (QoL); randomized controlled trial (RCT); renal palliative care; social support; social worker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84949294697     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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