PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF DECISIONAL CONFLICT AMONG OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH ADVANCED KIDNEY DISEASE
Tyrone Hamler · 2023
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Tyrone Hamler studied how unsure older African Americans with advanced kidney disease feel about treatment choices, in a 2023 paper. Kidney disease falls heavily on this group, yet their decision struggles are little studied. The paper calls that struggle decisional conflict: doubt about which course to take. Hamler surveyed 125 patients aged fifty and over at a midwestern clinic, all before dialysis with late-stage disease.
On average, conflict scores sat in the moderate range, and about two in five patients scored above the level that marks real uncertainty. Of all the factors tested, only how much patients felt they knew about their disease predicted conflict. Those who felt less informed felt more conflicted. Hamler argues that social workers on care teams are well placed to raise knowledge and ease such decisions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tyrone Hamler |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |