Sources of information on renal conditions used by families.

Information for families on their child's renal condition is an essential part of clinical care and our unit has produced a number of booklets and audiovisual materials. We wished to evaluate whether our information strategy needed to be updated, especially with the increasing use of the internet. Families attending general renal (GR) ( n=84) or chronic renal failure (CRF) ( n=42) clinics completed a questionnaire about the sources of information they had used.