Patient activation refers to patients' willingness and ability to make independent actions to manage their health and care and requires knowledge, skill and confidence. This study aims to explore activation levels of incident dialysis patients at start of dialysis and after 3 months of dialysis.
Patient activation refers to patients' willingness and ability to make independent actions to manage their health and care and requires knowledge, skill and confidence. This study aims to explore activation levels, using the 13 item PAM-13 survey, of incident dialysis patients at start of dialysis and after 3 months of dialysis.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
227
No Intervention. Observational Study.
Patient Activation
Patient Activation as measured by PAM-13 instrument
Time frame: 3 months
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