Engaging patients and family members to design and implement patient-centered kidney disease research

Teri Browne, Amy Swoboda, Patti L Ephraim, Katina Lang-Lindsey, Jamie A Green, Felicia Hill-Briggs, George L Jackson, Suzanne Ruff, Lana Schmidt, Peter Woods, Patty Danielson, Shakur Bolden, Brian Bankes, Chelsie Hauer, Tara Strigo, L Ebony Boulware, Teri Browne, Amy Swoboda, Patti L Ephraim, Katina Lang-Lindsey, Jamie A Green, Felicia Hill-Briggs, George L Jackson, Suzanne Ruff, Lana Schmidt, Peter Woods, Patty Danielson, Shakur Bolden, Brian Bankes, Chelsie Hauer, Tara Strigo, L Ebony Boulware

Abstract

We need more research projects that partner and engage with patients and family members as team members. Doing this requires that patients and family members set research priorities and fully participate in research teams. Models for this patient and family member engagement as research partners can help increase patient centered outcomes research. In this article, we describe how we have successfully engaged patients with kidney disease and family members as Co-Investigators on a 5-year research project testing a health system intervention to improve kidney disease care. Background This article describes a method for successful engagement of patients and family members in all stages of a 5-year comparative effectiveness research trial to improve transitions of care for patients from chronic kidney disease to end-stage kidney disease. Methods This project utilized the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's conceptual model for engagement with patients and family members. We conducted a qualitative analysis of grant planning meetings to determine patient and family member Co-Investigators' priorities for research and to include these engagement efforts in the research design. Patient and family member Co-Investigators partnered in writing this paper. Results Patients and family members were successfully engaged in remote and in-person meetings to contribute actively to research planning and implementation stages. Three patient-centered themes emerged from our data related to engagement that informed our research plan: kidney disease treatment decision-making, care transitions from chronic to end-stage kidney disease, and patient-centered outcomes. Conclusions The model we have employed represents a new paradigm for kidney disease research in the United States, with patients and family members engaged as full research partners. As a result, the study tests an intervention that directly responds to their needs, and it prioritizes the collection of outcomes data most relevant to patient and family member Co-Investigators. Trial registration NCT02722382 .

Keywords: Care transitions; Family member research partners; Kidney disease; Outcomes; PCORI; Patient and public involvement; Patient centered; Patient research partners; Shared decision-making.

Conflict of interest statement

Not applicable.

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Process for Engaging Patients in Development of Research Proposal (Pre-Funding)
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Process for Engaging Patients and Family Members on the Research Team

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