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- Title
Patients' perspectives of home and self-assist haemodialysis and factors influencing dialysis choices in Singapore.
- Authors
Ang, Yue Tein Irene; Gan, Shien Wen Sheryl; Liow, Chee Hsiang; Phang, Chee Chin; Choong, Hui Lin Lina; Liu, Peiyun
- Abstract
Background: The rise in end stage kidney disease (ESKD) prevalence globally calls for a need to deliver quality and cost-effective dialysis. While most are familiar with centre-based haemodialysis (HD), there is a move to increase uptake of home-based modalities (peritoneal dialysis (PD) or home haemodialysis (HHD)) and self-assist haemodialysis (SAHD) due to the economic, clinical and lifestyle advantages they confer. However, HHD and SAHD are not yet widely adopted in Singapore with majority of patients receiving in-centre HD. Although much research has examined patient decision-making around dialysis modality selection, there is limited literature evaluating patient's perspectives of HHD and SAHD in Asia where the prevalence of these alternative modalities remained low. With this background, we aimed to evaluate patient's perspectives of HHD and SAHD and the factors influencing their choice of dialysis modality in Singapore to determine the challenges and facilitators to establishing these modalities locally. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 patients on dialysis from a tertiary hospital in Singapore in this exploratory qualitative study. Data collected from one-to-one interviews were analysed via thematic content analysis and reported via an interpretative approach. Results: The findings were segregated into: (1) factors influencing choices of dialysis modality; (2) perspectives of HHD; and (3) perspectives of SAHD. Modality choices were affected by environmental, personal, social, financial, information and family-related factors. Most perceived HHD as providing greater autonomy, convenience and flexibility while SAHD was perceived as a safer option than HHD. For both modalities, patients were concerned about self-care and burdening their family. Conclusions: The findings provided a framework for healthcare providers to understand the determinants affecting patients' dialysis modality decisions and uncovered the facilitators and challenges to be addressed to establish HHD and SAHD modalities in Singapore.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; HOME hemodialysis; INTERVIEWING; TERTIARY care; PATIENTS' attitudes; HEMODIALYSIS patients; QUALITATIVE research; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; HEMODIALYSIS
- Publication
Renal Replacement Therapy, 2022, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2059-1381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41100-022-00430-7