Patient and treatment characteristics associated with patient activation in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient activation is associated with better outcomes and lower costs. Although the concept is widely investigated, little attention was given to patient activation and its predictors in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Hence, we aimed to investigate the level of patient activation and aimed to determine patient- and treatment-related predictors of activation in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Methods

This cross-sectional observational study recruited patients undergoing hemodialysis in three Flemish hospitals. Participants were questioned about patient characteristics (i.e., age, sex, education, employment, children, social support, leisure-time, living condition, and care at home), treatment- and health-related characteristics (i.e., hospital, time since firs

SUBMITTER: Van Bulck L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984733 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature