Table 3 Proportion of nurses selecting “agree” or “strongly agree” in response to the question: “peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis can be performed on patients with the following characteristics”
From: An education initiative modifies opinions of hemodialysis nurses towards home dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis* | Home hemodialysis* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Before initiative | After initiative | Before initiative | After initiative |
Poor socioeconomic status | 80% | 92% | 73% | 90% |
Non-compliant with in-center HD | 37% | 90% | 25% | 84% |
No education after high school | 93% | 97% | 88% | 98% |
Limited home space | 54% | 85% | 38% | 69% |
Multiple chronic illnesses | 54% | 93% | 62% | 91% |
Age >70 years | 74% | 96% | 72% | 96% |
No family caregivers | 57% | 93% | 43% | 85% |
Large body mass | 53% | 96% | 72% | 97% |
Impaired cognition | 27% | 81% | 19% | 79% |
Poor visual acuity | 29% | 89% | 20% | 78% |
Poor motor strength | 29% | 78% | 26% | 74% |