Systematic Evaluation of a Provincial Initiative to Improve Transition to Home Dialysis Therapies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transition from choosing to initiating home dialysis therapies (HDTs) is not clearly standardized for patients and staff, causing increased anxiety and suboptimal self-management for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. At BC Renal, a "Transition to HDTs" guidebook (the Guide) was designed, outlining a step-wise approach to transitioning to HDTs for patients, to help address some of these concerns.

Objective

We used the Logic Model evaluation framework to assess the value of the Guide to improve patient and staff experience with transitioning to HDTs.

Design

This is a prospective cohort quality improvement study.

Setting

This study took place at home dialysis programs in British Columbia, Canada, with 2 pilot sites and 2 control sites.

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SUBMITTER: Wang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7457697 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature