Patients' perceptions concerning choice among renal replacement therapies: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVE
The purposes of this pilot study were to determine which replacement therapy group would be most appropriate for exploring the concept of choice and to refine the research question.


METHODS
This exploratory, descriptive study used a phenomenological method.


RESULTS
Four themes were derived: (1) uncertainty of long-term health, (2) lack of choice, (3) no memory of making a choice, and (4) lack of information about renal replacement therapies.


CONCLUSIONS
No participant remembered actually making a choice regarding their renal replacement therapies.
Landreneau
Kandacej
K
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ward-Smith
Peggy
P
D001294:Attitude to Health; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy