title: Challenges perceived by primary care providers to educating patients about chronic kidney disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify primary care providers' (PCPs) perceived barriers to educating patients about chronic kidney disease (CKD) during routine clinical visits.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted three focus groups of eighteen PCPs in Baltimore, Maryland (MD), USA. Focus groups began with the presentation of a hypothetical case of a patient with CKD, followed by open-ended questions to assess providers' perceived barriers to delivering education about CKD. Groups were audiotaped, transcribed and coded independently by two investigators who identified major themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PCPs reported on several patient, provider and system level barriers contributing to poor education about CKD in primary care that were both common and unique to barriers previously reported in educating patients regarding other chronic diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions designed to address barriers to CKD education identified by PCPs could improve the delivery of education about CKD in primary care settings.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. rfcharle@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Raquel C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: Deidra C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: L Ebony
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Boulware
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015142:Baltimore; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires