Clarification on Clinical Guidelines for Nursing Care to Support Empowerment of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract

〔Aims〕The purpose of this study was to provide clinical guidelines on nursing care to support the empowerment of patients with chronic kidney disease（CKD）.

〔Methods〕The questionnaire consisted of 81 items based on Nishioka & Nakano（2017） and asked for opinions. A four-point scale ranging from “very important（4 points） to not important（1 point）” was utilized.

〔Results〕The final number of participants was 55（recovery rate of 24.9%）. There were no items with an agreement rate of less than 51%, thus resulting in 71 items. In the third round, 62 items had an agreement rate of 90% or higher, 5 items had an agreement rate of 70% or higher but less than 90%, and 4 items had an agreement rate of less than 70%．

〔Conclusions〕All items with an agreement rate of 51% or higher could be used as clinical guidelines. The items with an agreement rate of 90% or higher would be important guidelines for all stages of CKD in the conservative phase. The other items would require clinical guidelines to be presented so that the appropriate content could be selected based on individual circumstances.