Integrating Conservative Kidney Management Options and Advance Care Planning Into a Pre-Dialysis Educational Program

Integrating Conservative Kidney Management Options and Advance Care Planning Into a Pre-Dialysis Educational Program

The goals of this work will be to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive pre-dialysis education program on increased knowledge of conservative kidney management and advance care planning among patients with advanced CKD.

This intervention will be randomized among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Stage 4 or 5 CKD (defined by the CKD-EPI estimation of GFR < 30 ml/min/1.73m2)
• Age 65 years or greater or frail
• self-reported Black or White race

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of dementia
• History of legal blindness
• Listed for kidney transplantation