Effect of national holidays on health outcomes of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis in a single center over a ten-year period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National holidays are associated with high mortality in some diseases, but little is known about patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The research aimed to investigate the impact of national holidays on the health outcomes of PD patients.

Methods

Over ten years, all episodes of unplanned hospitalization, death, and peritonitis in PD patients were collected in our center. Seven national holidays in China were chosen, and non-holiday days were selected as the control period. The effect of national holidays was observed by comparing the hospitalization, death, and peritonitis rates between holiday and non-holiday groups.

Results

There were 297 events in all holiday periods and 1247 in non-holiday periods. There is no significant difference in hospital

SUBMITTER: Yang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848312 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature