@OSCAR_study

Optimising Staff-patient Communication in Advanced Renal disease (OSCAR) - 4-year NIHR-funded research study led by @Lucy_Selman. Follow for study updates!

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Did you know that at some renal units about 5% of older people have dialysis, while at others 95% do? This is partly due to how clinicians communicate about treatment options. In this new blog I discuss how the @OSCAR_study aims to tackle the problem #CKD #decisionmaking
Kidney Care UK @kidneycareuk.bsky.social@kidneycareuk19 Feb 2019
New research kicking off later this year will investigate how kidney doctors engage with & support older people making the decision whether or not to have dialysis. Found out more about the @OSCAR_study by reading our latest blog by @Lucy_Selman kidneycareuk.org/news-and-ca…
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The @OSCAR_study team were pleased to contribute to this new patient information resource about conservative kidney management from @kidneycareuk , now online: kidneycareuk.org/kidney-dise… @Lucy_Selman

Choosing conservative kidney management

At CKD stage 5, when your kidneys no longer work well enough to keep you healthy, you may need to decide whether dialysis or conservative care is the right treatment option for you. We asked kidney...

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📣 New paper from @OSCAR_study online @CKJsocial: How do patient information documents present dialysis and conservative kidney management? A document analysis. academic.oup.com/ckj/advance… @UKKidney @ERAkidney 1/3
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Replying to @FawnHarradHyde @Lucy_Selman @OSCAR_study @CKJsocial @UKKidney @ERAkidney @PEoLCSW @NIHRresearch @DrAWinterbottom @BekkerHilary @DrRebeccaBarnes @jatulsky
Interesting to reflect on supportive care progress over past 10 years, as team at LGH ahead of the curve back then: doi.org/10.1159/000371888 @drjamesburton
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📢 New paper in @BMJ_Open led by @BarnyHole, from his brilliant PhD. ‘It’s basically ‘have that or die’’: a qualitative study of older patients’ choices between dialysis and conservative kidney management bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/…
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Bored of the same old research methods? Why not join us⭐️in person⭐️5-6 June 2025 in sunny Oxford for our popular "Introduction to conversation analysis and health care encounters" 2 day course @OxQualiCourses @OxPrimaryCare phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-cou…
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Looking forward to speaking at this @UKKidney event in March, sharing findings from @OSCAR_study
The UK Kidney Association@UKKidney19 Feb 2025
Are we getting it right when discussing dialysis & conservative management with patients? @Lucy_Selman shares findings from the OSCAR study at the AKC Summit. Be part of the conversation 🗣️ on 25 March in Birmingham. ⏳ Registration closes 11 March: bit.ly/49GOl1v
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Are you a clinician looking to learn more about grief and bereavement? Our new course, When Grief Gets Complicated, is now approved for 7 CPD points by @RCPhysicians. Starts 1 February. @capcbristol @PEoLCSW @rcgp
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The BMJ
@bmj_latest27 Dec 2024
"Clinicians too have a critical role in reshaping attitudes and so must build their own death and grief literacy." Changing attitudes to death and grief demands bold action, writes @Lucy_Selman #ChristmasBMJ bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q281…

Facing death differently: revolutionising our approach to death and grief

Despite growing public interest in death, support for end-of-life care and bereavement remains inadequate. We urgently need a community centred, public health approach to the social processes of...

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This paper from @OSCAR_study builds on the CKMAPPS study, particularly qualitative data analysis by @SKGTonkinCrine @paulrsoton and colleagues, by showing how treatment decision-making is biased by the framing of dialysis and conservative management. bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com…

Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation...

BMC Nephrology - Choosing to have dialysis or conservative kidney management is often challenging for older people with advanced kidney disease. While we know that clinical communication has a...

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Lucy Selman@Lucy_Selman22 Nov 2024
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In the second, more common approach, CKM is framed as subordinate. It is not presented as having potential benefit for the patient: the disadvantages of dialysis are not explicated, and neither are CKM’s potential advantages. See example Fig 4.
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Good to see our paper is featured here: Optimizing Communication of Treatment Choices in Advanced Kidney Disease physiciansweekly.com/optimiz… @OSCAR_study
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Thank you to all the people who participated in @OSCAR_study, the PPI members who support the study and the project advisory group. Watch this space for more outputs. @CSI_Linguist @BarnyHole @DrAWinterbottom @BekkerHilary @CACEnotes @toomuchaltitude @NIHRresearch
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We are integrating findings into communication training for renal clinicians. Follow @OSCAR_study for updates. Full paper: bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com…
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📢 New paper: Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation analysis study. bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com… CA led by the brilliant Dr Chloe Shaw. Delighted the first @OSCAR_study paper is in the world 🎉 @NIHRresearch @CACEnotes
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We’re delighted to announce a partnership between @MSHospice @NoBarriersHere & @mariecurieuk for a new study Are you an LGBTQ+ person from a minoritised ethnic background? Do you want a say on equity in palliative care? Be part of our co-production team: shorturl.at/60TXI
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We, the medical profession, have to get right behind you on this @doctor_oxford. These terms are being used to mislead the public. These are not physicians nor cancer specialists @VictoriaAtkins @NHSEngland @AmandaPritchard.
Dr Rachel Clarke
@doctor_oxford15 Jun 2024
Flagging this @wesstreeting in sincere hope you will address as likely next health secretary. The NHS has a duty of candour. That has to come from the top down. Spinning. Misleading. Misrepresenting truth to patients. All are completely unacceptable.
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Team members Dr Chloe Shaw and Dr Ryann Sowden are now back from the @ERAkidney conference in beautiful Stockholm, where they presented findings from @OSCAR_study on treatment decision-making in advanced kidney disease. 1/3
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@RyannSowden presented on how descriptions of treatment options in information resources are often biased and how this may influence patient understanding and decision-making. 2/3
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Dr Chloe Shaw presented Conversation Analytic findings regarding the presentation of treatment options to older patients. We found that clinicians tend to present dialysis as the default treatment & conservative management as subordinate. 3/3
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Barbara Gomes@B_Gomes_15 Jun 2023
Very original work by @Lucy_Selman on @OSCAR_study using conversational analysis. Revealed 2 ways of presenting renal treatment options - dialysis as normative (audio example in slide) vs. conservative management as valid option. #EAPC2023 👏🏻👏🏻
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If you are missing #EAPC2023 and want to hear about more palliative care research, join our research network meeting this Thursday at 2pm UK time! @drpoco @capcbristol Register here (free): eventbrite.co.uk/e/palliativ…
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