Special Report: Patient Perspectives in Dialysis and CKD-ND

A Special Report Providing Important Insights into the perspective of CKD and Dialysis patients through the patients themselves.

Study Overview:

There are approximately 380,000 dialysis patients and about 8 million CKD Stage 3 and 4 patients in the United States.  Particularly as the disease progresses, these patients tend to be very sick, have multiple co-morbidities, and are on numerous medications.  Compared to some other disease states in which patients have a “loud voice”, these patients tend to be heard less frequently.  The specific objectives of this report are to:
•    Understand patient involvement with their care
•    Gauge patient perspectives regarding satisfaction with care
•    Assess patient perspectives around medication compliance, with a focus on anemia and bone and mineral metabolism management
•    Understand patient perspectives around medication formulations, with a focus on anemia and bone and mineral metabolism management
•    Learn about where patients garner information and determine patients needs and desires around disease and product education

Methodology:

This report will include a quantitative survey completed by 500 Dialysis patients and 500 CKD-ND patients.

Timing:

This survey will be fielded in January 2010 and published in March 31st 2010.

Deliverables:

The final report will be provided in PowerPoint.  On-site or webcast presentations are available upon request at no additional charge.