Background Older adults with advanced CKD have significant pain, other symptoms, and
disability. To help ensure that care is consistent with patients' values, nephrology providers
should understand their patients' priorities when they make clinical recommendations.
Methods Patients aged≥ 60 years with advanced (stage 4 or 5) non–dialysis-dependent
CKD receiving care at a CKD clinic completed a validated health outcome prioritization tool
to ascertain their health outcome priorities. For each patient, the nephrology provider …