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Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists
A range of women’s health issues are intimately related to chronic kidney disease, yet nephrologists’ confidence in counseling or managing these issues has not been evaluated. The women’s health working group of Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN), an international prospective cohort study of glomeru...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8020176 |
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author | Hendren, Elizabeth M. Reynolds, Monica L. Mariani, Laura H. Zee, Jarcy O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M. Oliverio, Andrea L. Moore, Nicholas W. Hill-Callahan, Peg Rizk, Dana V. Almanni, Salem Twombley, Katherine E. Herreshoff, Emily Nester, Carla M. Hladunewich, Michelle A. |
author_facet | Hendren, Elizabeth M. Reynolds, Monica L. Mariani, Laura H. Zee, Jarcy O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M. Oliverio, Andrea L. Moore, Nicholas W. Hill-Callahan, Peg Rizk, Dana V. Almanni, Salem Twombley, Katherine E. Herreshoff, Emily Nester, Carla M. Hladunewich, Michelle A. |
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description | A range of women’s health issues are intimately related to chronic kidney disease, yet nephrologists’ confidence in counseling or managing these issues has not been evaluated. The women’s health working group of Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN), an international prospective cohort study of glomerular disease, sought to assess adult nephrologists’ training in, exposure to, and confidence in managing women’s health. A 25-item electronic questionnaire was disseminated in the United States (US) and Canada via CureGN and Canadian Society of Nephrology email networks and the American Society of Nephrology Kidney News. Response frequencies were summarized using descriptive statistics. Responses were compared across provider age, gender, country of practice, and years in practice using Pearson’s chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. Among 154 respondents, 53% were women, 58% practiced in the US, 77% practiced in an academic setting, and the median age was 41–45 years. Over 65% of respondents lacked confidence in women’s health issues, including menstrual disorders, preconception counseling, pregnancy management, and menopause. Most provided contraception or preconception counseling to less than one woman per month, on average. Only 12% had access to interdisciplinary pregnancy clinics. Finally, 89% felt that interdisciplinary guidelines and/or continuing education seminars would improve knowledge. Participants lacked confidence in both counseling and managing women’s health. Innovative approaches are warranted to improve the care of women with kidney disease and might include the expansion of interdisciplinary clinics, the development of case-based teaching materials, and interdisciplinary treatment guidelines focused on this patient group. |
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spelling | pubmed-64063232019-03-22 Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists Hendren, Elizabeth M. Reynolds, Monica L. Mariani, Laura H. Zee, Jarcy O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M. Oliverio, Andrea L. Moore, Nicholas W. Hill-Callahan, Peg Rizk, Dana V. Almanni, Salem Twombley, Katherine E. Herreshoff, Emily Nester, Carla M. Hladunewich, Michelle A. J Clin Med Article A range of women’s health issues are intimately related to chronic kidney disease, yet nephrologists’ confidence in counseling or managing these issues has not been evaluated. The women’s health working group of Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN), an international prospective cohort study of glomerular disease, sought to assess adult nephrologists’ training in, exposure to, and confidence in managing women’s health. A 25-item electronic questionnaire was disseminated in the United States (US) and Canada via CureGN and Canadian Society of Nephrology email networks and the American Society of Nephrology Kidney News. Response frequencies were summarized using descriptive statistics. Responses were compared across provider age, gender, country of practice, and years in practice using Pearson’s chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. Among 154 respondents, 53% were women, 58% practiced in the US, 77% practiced in an academic setting, and the median age was 41–45 years. Over 65% of respondents lacked confidence in women’s health issues, including menstrual disorders, preconception counseling, pregnancy management, and menopause. Most provided contraception or preconception counseling to less than one woman per month, on average. Only 12% had access to interdisciplinary pregnancy clinics. Finally, 89% felt that interdisciplinary guidelines and/or continuing education seminars would improve knowledge. Participants lacked confidence in both counseling and managing women’s health. Innovative approaches are warranted to improve the care of women with kidney disease and might include the expansion of interdisciplinary clinics, the development of case-based teaching materials, and interdisciplinary treatment guidelines focused on this patient group. MDPI 2019-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6406323/ /pubmed/30717445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8020176 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hendren, Elizabeth M. Reynolds, Monica L. Mariani, Laura H. Zee, Jarcy O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M. Oliverio, Andrea L. Moore, Nicholas W. Hill-Callahan, Peg Rizk, Dana V. Almanni, Salem Twombley, Katherine E. Herreshoff, Emily Nester, Carla M. Hladunewich, Michelle A. Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title | Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title_full | Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title_fullStr | Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title_full_unstemmed | Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title_short | Confidence in Women’s Health: A Cross Border Survey of Adult Nephrologists |
title_sort | confidence in women’s health: a cross border survey of adult nephrologists |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8020176 |
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