Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Renal Team Members toward Home Dialysis Therapies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with ESKD are encouraged to pursue home dialysis therapy with the aims of improving quality of life, increasing patient autonomy, and reducing cost to health care systems. In a multidisciplinary team setting, patients interact with nephrologists, nurses, and allied health staff, all of whom may influence a patient's modality choice. Our objective was to evaluate the perceptions of all renal team members toward home dialysis therapies.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional survey of multidisciplinary renal team members across five renal programs in British Columbia, Canada. The survey contained questions regarding primary work area, modality preference, patient and system factors that may influence modality candidacy, perceived knowledge of home therapies

SUBMITTER: Poinen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785775 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature