ArticleCanadian journal of kidney health and disease2015
An education initiative modifies opinions of hemodialysis nurses towards home dialysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Research on Barriers and Facilitators to Home Hemodialysis.Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring Haemodialysis Nurses' Perceptions on Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Education: A Framework Analysis.Journal of renal care · 2025Article
- A Province-Wide Home Dialysis Program Review: Challenges, Strengths, and Future Strategies.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
- The integrated care model: facilitating initiation of or transition to home dialysis.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Article
- Home dialysis in older adults: challenges and solutions.Clinical kidney journal · 2023Article
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- Home Dialysis in the Prospective Payment System Era.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2017Article
- Is replacement modality choice knowledge important in the non-renal multidisciplinary team? Experience from a single UK centre.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2017Article
- Multidisciplinary staff attitudes to home haemodialysis therapy.Clinical kidney journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been shown that in-center hemodialysis (HD) nurses prefer in-center HD for patients with certain characteristics; however it is not known if their opinions can be changed.
objectiveTo determine if an education initiative modified the perceptions of in-center HD nurses towards home dialysis.
designCross-sectional survey of in-center HD nurses before and after a three hour continuing nursing education (CNE) initiative. Content of the CNE initiative included a didactic review of benefits of home dialysis, common misconceptions about patient eligibility, cost comparisons of different modalities and a home dialysis patient testimonial video.
settingAll in-center HD nurses (including those working in satellite dialysis units) affiliated with a single academic institution. MEASUREMENTS: Survey themes included perceived barriers to home dialysis, preferred modality (home versus in-center HD), ideal modality distribution in the local program, awareness of home dialysis and patient education about home modalities.
methodsPaired comparisons of responses before and after the CNE initiative.
resultsOf the 115 in-center HD nurses, 100 registered for the CNE initiative and 89 completed pre and post surveys (89% response rate). At baseline, in-center HD nurses perceived that impaired cognition, poor motor strength and poor visual acuity were barriers to peritoneal dialysis and home HD. In-center HD was preferred for availability of multidisciplinary care and medical personnel in case of catastrophic events. After the initiative, perceptions were more in favor of home dialysis for all patient characteristics, and most patient/system factors. Home dialysis was perceived to be underutilized both at baseline and after the initiative. Finally, in-center HD nurses were more aware of home dialysis, felt better informed about its benefits and were more comfortable teaching in-center HD patients about home modalities after the CNE session. LIMITATIONS: Single-center study.
conclusionsCNE initiatives can modify the opinions of in-center HD nurses towards home modalities and should complement the multitude of strategies aimed at promoting home dialysis.
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