Patients' experiences of cannulation of arteriovenous access for haemodialysis: A qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cannulation is an essential part of haemodialysis with arteriovenous access. Patients' experiences of cannulation for haemodialysis are problematic but poorly understood. This review aims to synthesise findings related to patients' experiences of cannulation for haemodialysis from qualitative studies, providing a fuller description of this phenomenon.

Methods

Eligibility criteria defined the inclusion of studies with a population of patients with end-stage kidney disease on haemodialysis. The phenomena of interest was findings related to patients' experiences of cannulation for haemodialysis and the context was both in-centre and home haemodialysis. MedLine, CINAHL, EMBASE, EMCARE, BNI, PsycInfo and PubMed were last searched between 20/05/2019 and 23/05/2019. Th

SUBMITTER: Fielding C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631276 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature