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Title: Home Haemodialysis: A Literature Review (Report)
Author : Renal Society of Australasia Journal
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 82 KB

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Introduction This paper reports a literature review that was conducted to answer the question: Why do patients who have achieved self-care status in the community haemodialysis setting choose not to undertake home haemodialysis (HHD)? While there is a vast amount of literature in this field, it exists mainly in a quantitative form. There is an under representation of qualitative studies within the literature, with consideration only being given to incident end stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients or prevalent patients already performing self-care dialysis (SCD) modalities. The current body of literature concerning HHD can be sub-categorised by: prevalence, trends/ variations, determinants of modality selection, comparative benefits of HHD, interventions to promote SCD, aspects of patient experiences of HHD, and anecdotal evidence/review articles. This paper considers key research in these areas and makes recommendations for further research that may facilitate an increase in the number of prevalent limited care patients transitioning to HHD.