Developing Tools for Dialysis Decision Support

This study employs a pre-post design to assess the impact of a web-based dialysis decision support tool on patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and their caregivers. Participants will complete baseline surveys assessing demographics, knowledge of kidney failure treatments, and decisional conflict during a nephrology clinic visit. Following the visit, participants will access the decision support tool, with follow-up support provided by the study coordinator. One to four weeks after the baseline visit, participants will complete follow-up surveys to re-evaluate knowledge, decisional conflict, values-treatment concordance, and the quality of shared decision-making. Additionally, telephone interviews will be conducted to explore participants' understanding of treatment options and gather feedback on the decision support tool.