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- Title
Is Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis a Solution for Northern Manitoba?
- Authors
LAVOIE, JOSÉE G.; ZACHARIAS, JAMES; KAUFERT, JOSEPH; KRUEGER, NICHOLAS; KINEW, KATHI AVERY; MCLEOD, LORRAINE; CHARTRAND, CAROLINE
- Abstract
Background: End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) continues to fundamentally impact the lives of First Nations (FN) patients. Home peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers patients more mobility and flexibility, but few Manitoba FNs have availed themselves of this option. Objective: This paper discusses Manitoba FNs' experience of PD, to highlight enablers and barriers to expanding the use of PD in rural and remote Manitoba communities. Methods: We analyzed interviews of individuals living with ESKD (N = 14), family caregivers (N = 14) and healthcare providers and administrators (N = 27). Results: Barriers to PD uptake include medical suitability, patients' distrust of home modalities and fear in their ability to manage. Other factors include limited family support and lack of appropriate housing. Conclusions: Assisted peritoneal dialysis (APD) is an emerging model where PD supplies are centrally located, and where a cohort of PD patients can provide mutual support with added assistance from an APD worker. This model could mitigate existing treatment barriers.
- Subjects
MANITOBA; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC kidney failure; DECISION making; HEALTH services accessibility; HEMODIALYSIS patients; INTERVIEWING; PERITONEAL dialysis; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
Healthcare Policy, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 4, p52
- ISSN
1715-6572
- Publication type
Article