Australian Workshops on Patients' Perspectives on Hemodialysis and Incremental Start.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most patients with kidney failure commence and continue hemodialysis (HD) thrice weekly. Incremental initiation (defined as HD less than thrice weekly) is increasingly considered to be safe and less burdensome, but little is known about patients' perspectives. We aimed to describe patients' priorities and concerns regarding incremental HD.

Methods

Patients currently, previously, or soon to be receiving HD in Australia participated in two 90-minute online workshops to discuss views about HD focusing on incremental start and priorities for trial outcomes. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Outcomes were ranked on the basis of the sum of participants' priority scores (i.e., single allocation of 3 points for most important, 2 for second, and 1 for th

SUBMITTER: Hegerty K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10014336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature