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ArticleTherapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy2022

The perspectives of dialysis patients about the Covid-19 pandemic and differences between the modalities.

Aysegul Oruc, Nimet Aktas, Ibrahim Dogan, Suat Akgur, Gokhan Ocakoglu, Alparslan Ersoy

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Article in Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  5. Evaluation of the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and treatment compliance in hemodialysis patients: A prospective, descriptive study.Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy · 2022
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  6. The perspectives of dialysis patients about the Covid-19 pandemic and differences between the modalities.Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy · 2022
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6 authors.

Aysegul OrucFaculty of Medicine, Nephrology Department, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0342-9692
Nimet AktasNephrology Department, Bursa Yuksek Ihtısas Educatıon And Research Hospıtal, Bursa, Turkey.
Ibrahim DoganFaculty of Medicine, Nephrology Department, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8489-4985
Suat AkgurFaculty of Medicine, Nephrology Department, Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey.
Gokhan OcakogluFaculty of Medicine, Biostatistics Department, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Alparslan ErsoyFaculty of Medicine, Nephrology Department, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease was declared as a pandemic and CKD is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Dialysis has additional contributions on transmission risk so prompt preventive strategies were implemented for dialysis patients. We aimed to evaluate pandemic-related perceptions and concerns of dialysis patients and differences between dialysis modalities. An anonymous survey for assessing concerns, knowledge, and attitudes about the pandemic was sent online to a total of 339 patients on maintenance dialysis at four tertiary dialysis centers in Turkey. A total of 309 patients (54.9 ± 15.1 years, 51.6% females, 55.7% in-center HD, 44.3% peritoneal dialysis) enrolled. The anonymous online survey was conducted at the end of April 2020. HD patients were more concerned about transmission risk (p = 0.002) and risks associated with the dialysis treatment environment and the transport methods (p < 0.001). The total concern score was significantly higher in the HD group (2.60 ± 0.93 vs. 1.65 ± 0.54, p < 0.001). The knowledge about the pandemic and prevention methods and the attitudes of prevention were similar between the groups (p = 0.161 and 0.418, respectively). The compliance rate of personal preventive strategies was 98.1%. Considering changing the current dialysis modality due to the pandemic was higher in the HD group (p < 0.001). Although the preventive strategies were performed properly in the HD centers, HD patients were more concerned about the Covid-19 outbreak compared with PD. Our results support home dialysis treatments for modality decisions with patients' positive perspective of PD over HD during the pandemic.

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Attitude to HealthCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsRenal DialysisRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTurkeyCKDCovid-19dialysisHDpandemicperitoneal dialysis

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PMCPMC8209875

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