Self-assessment sheet submission rate predicts technique survival in patients initiating peritoneal dialysis

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AIM: Patients play a crucial role in preventing peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related events, including peritonitis and fluid overload, as PD procedures are mainly carried out at home. We asked patients to submit a PD self-assessment sheet at each outpatient visit in our daily clinical practice and evaluated its usefulness for outcomes in patients initiating PD.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent PD catheter insertion between January 2008 and October 2018. The submission rate of a PD self-assessment sheet was calculated from medical records until PD cessation or study completion (October 2020). The association between the submission rate and technique survival was analysed.

RESULTS: Among the 105 recruited patients (78 men, 60.4 ± 12.2 years), 44 discontinued PD and transferred to haemodialysis during the study period. The follow-up was 52.3 (28.7-79.3) months, and the median submission rate was 78%. The log-rank test showed that technique survival was significantly better in patients with a submission rate ≥ 78% than those with a submission rate <78% (p = .006). The submission rate remained significantly associated with less technique failure (hazard ratio 0.88 per 10%, p = .002) by the Cox regression analysis adjusted for age, sex, Charlson comorbidity index, estimated glomerular filtration rate and geriatric nutritional risk index.

CONCLUSION: The submission rate of a PD self-assessment sheet is useful as a predictor of technique survival in patients initiating PD. Instruction that increases submission may improve technique survival in PD patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) - 27(2022), 6 vom: 05. Juni, Seite 501-509

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kusahana, Ei [VerfasserIn]
Uchiyama, Kiyotaka [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Nobuko [VerfasserIn]
Hirashima, Maiko [VerfasserIn]
Togashi, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Yuriko [VerfasserIn]
Imai, Michiyo [VerfasserIn]
Ashida, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Yamamura, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Takashin [VerfasserIn]
Yasuda, Itaru [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Kohkichi [VerfasserIn]
Washida, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Itoh, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dialysis
Heart failure
Infections
Journal Article
Peritoneal dialysis
Peritonitis

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Date Completed 03.05.2022

Date Revised 03.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/nep.14029

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33698488X