Preference of patient with chronic kidney disease for renal replacement modality-a conjoint analysis study

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The aim of this study is to investigate what factors influence on medical decision-making in renal replacement modality using a conjoint analysis approach. We developed seven simulations for conjoint analysis. One of the simulations was investigated in order to elucidate the factors that were regarded by nephrologists as unsuitable for peritoneal dialysis(PD) therapy. The present study clarified the factors that nephrologists consider unsuitable for PD. In the six clinical characteristics,“patients' preference"had the most impact on the nephrologists' preference for PD, and most unsuited for the patients was“the patients' sanitary control"in the characteristic of“patients' self-care".