Where Are Patients' Voices in Chronic Kidney Disease?

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The article highlights a significant gap in nephrology care for dialysis patients, where patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that focus on health-related quality of life are underused due to clinicians' concerns about increased workload, lack of awareness, and absence of clinical practice guidelines. Despite the potential of PROs to improve patient engagement and quality of life by addressing symptoms important to patients, barriers such as survey fatigue, the challenge of interpreting PRO data, and the need for tailored treatment plans based on PROs remain, necessitating a concerted effort to integrate these outcomes into routine clinical practice and clinical trials.

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