Disaster Preparedness and Awareness of Patients on Hemodialysis after Hurricane Sandy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Patients with ESRD on dialysis live in a complex sociomedical situation and are dependent on technology and infrastructure, such as transportation, electricity, and water, to sustain their lives. Interruptions of this infrastructure by natural disasters can result in devastating outcomes.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Between November of 2013 and April of 2014, a cross-sectional survey was conducted of patients who received maintenance hemodialysis before and after the landfall of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in lower Manhattan, New York. The primary outcome was the number of missed dialysis sessions after the storm. Dialysis-specific and general disaster preparedness were assessed using checklists prepared by the National Kid

SUBMITTER: Murakami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4527030 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature