General practitioners’ assessment and management of chronic kidney disease in older patients- a mixed methods study
GPs apply guidelines in the management of CKD in older patients using a patient-centred and whole person approach to care. Older patients have a high prevalence of multimorbidity, which GPs carefully considered when applying existing CKD-specific guidelines. Future iterations of CKD Guidelines need to give due consideration to multimorbidity in older patients that can adversely impact on kidney function in addition to the expected age-related functional decline.
Authors
- Michelle Guppy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7256-4938)
- Paul Glasziou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7564-073X)
- E. Joy Bowles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5342-9191)
- Jenny Doust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-9308)
Institutions
- Bond University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of New England (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02559-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- RACGP Foundation