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CAN USING A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSMENT OF HOME VISITS TO PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE TREATMENT OUTCOME?
Author(s) -
Kazancioglu Rumeyza,
Ozturk Savas,
Ekiz Serpil,
Yucel Lamia,
Dogan Sevel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of renal care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1755-6678
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2008.00023.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , dialysis , peritonitis , physical therapy , intensive care medicine
SUMMARY Training provided by dialysis nurses to the patients is of great importance in peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study aimed to examine how PD patients continue with the training and practice taught in this unit and correlate these data with the incidence of peritonitis. Home visits were paid to 32 patients. A form including questions about ‘knowledge and skill’ and dialysis environment was filled in for each patient. Answers were graded out of 100 points and were reported as average, percentage and minimum‐maximum values. The mean ‘knowledge and skill’ criterion scoring was 79.8 ±14.0, and the mean score for the dialysis environment was 87.7 ±10.9. There was a significant correlation between the ‘knowledge and skill’ and environmental scores. Meaningful correlations were detected between the ‘knowledge and skill’ score as well as the environmental score with the rate of peritonitis. Training is of vital importance in PD practice, but results show that the dialysis environment is as important as the patient's knowledge or skill in exchanges.