ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022
When Dialysis "Becomes Life": Pediatric Caregivers' Lived Experiences Obtained From Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Caregiver experiences of social isolation and loneliness in chronic kidney disease: systematic review of qualitative studies.BMJ open · 2026Pooled it
- Serial Amnioinfusion Therapy for Treatment of Congenital Bilateral Renal Agenesis-A Systematic Review.Prenatal diagnosis · 2025Pooled it
- Experiences of adults who underwent peritoneal dialysis in childhood: retrospective and qualitative study.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- A comparative analysis of the starting modality of kidney replacement therapy amongst UK children and young adults and the association with all-cause mortality.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Caregiver Perspectives for Pediatric Patients with Acute Kidney Injury on Dialysis: A Narrative Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- International equity in access to home dialysis.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2025Review
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- Patient satisfaction with dialysis services provided across different providers in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in nephrology · 2025Article
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- Do We Need Palliative Care in Pediatric Nephrology? Patients' and Caregivers' Disease Experience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Qualitative research reveals significant caregiver impact resulting from managing children requiring chronic dialysis but offers few quantitative measures of their lived experiences. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 25 caregivers of children on chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) enrolled from 2018 to 2019 at a large pediatric dialysis program in the U.S.Patient Reported Outcomes Measures Information System (PROMIS) measures and free text commentary were collected and analyzed to evaluate the self-reported impact and wellbeing of these caregivers. Results: Among all dialysis modalities, caregivers' positive affect (43.4 ± 10) and general life satisfaction (45.1 ± 11.5) were significantly lower than the general adult population. Compared with HD caregivers, PD caregivers demonstrated significantly more fatigue and sleep disturbance and less positive affect and life satisfaction. Amongst HD caregivers, sleep disturbance, positive affect, and meaning/purpose differed significantly from the general population. Analyses of text commentary revealed that caregivers also expressed the feelings of loss, importance of knowing the impact of dialysis prior to initiation, need for a support group, and value of home nursing. Conclusions: Caregivers of children on chronic dialysis had significantly poorer self-rated health and wellbeing compared with the general adult population. This may be due in part to their feelings of social isolation. Our findings highlight opportunities to improve caregivers' lived experiences.
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