Journal Watch - Education Program
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Comprehensive Health Education and PD
Among 98 PD patients randomly assigned to routine care or a full-course health education program, the full-course group had significantly higher health behavior and treatment adherence scores. They were more likely to take their medications correctly and had better quality of life and fewer hospital readmission rates than controls.
Read the abstract » | (added 2024-04-12)
Tags: Peritoneal Dialysis, PD, Comprehensive Health Education, Education Program, Quality Of Life
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Structured CKD Education More Than Tripled Uptake of Home Therapies
In a matched retrospective cohort study, 2,398 CKD patients who attended a single 90-minute education program were pair-matched with others who did not. Compared to controls, those who attended the session were significantly more likely to be doing home dialysis (38.5% vs. 12.6%) and to be using a permanent access (57.9% vs. 33.8%). Hospitalization rates were 38% lower as well, and education-attendees had lower first-year mortality.
Read the abstract » | (added 2022-07-13)
Tags: CKD, Education Program, Home Dialysis, Permanent Access, Hospitalization Rates, First year Mortality