Home Dialysis Associated with Higher Patient Activation

Increased patient activation is linked with better health outcomes. Among 182 people starting dialysis who took the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) survey at month 1 and month 4, those who did home dialysis tended to have higher PAM scores than those who did in-center treatments.

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Tags: Patient Activation, Health Outcomes, Dialysis, Patient Activation Measure, PAM, Home Dialysis

Effect of a Nurse-led Program on PD Nutritional Status

In a controlled trial, 203 PD patients were randomly assigned to a study or control group. The study group received health education, treatments, case management, and nurse-led surveillance based on the Omaha system. The control group received usual care. After intervention, the study group had significantly more well-nourished patients (6.19% to 29.9%), and several other parameters were significantly improved as well. Hemoglobin, albumin, and pre-albumin were also significantly higher in the study group.

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Tags: Peritoneal Dialysis, Dialysis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Nursing, Nutritional Status, Omaha System