Patient-reported advantages and disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis: results from the PDOPPS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported measures are increasingly recognized as important predictors of clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis (PD). We sought to understand associations between patient-reported perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of PD and clinical outcomes.

Methods

In this cohort study, 2760 PD patients in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) completed a questionnaire on their PD experience, between 2014 and 2017. In this questionnaire, PDOPPS patients rated 17 aspects of their PD experience on a 5-category ordinal scale, with responses scored from - 2 (major disadvantage) to + 2 (major advantage). An advantage/disadvantage score (ADS) was computed for each patient by averaging their response scores. The ADS, along with ea

SUBMITTER: Sukul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446371 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature