Meaning of empowerment in peritoneal dialysis: focus groups with patients and caregivers

Baumgart, Amanda; Manera, Karine; W. Johnson, David; C. Craig, Jonathan; I. Shen, Jenny; Ruiz, Lorena; Yee‐Moon Wang, Angela; Yip, Terence; Fung, Samuel; Tong, M.K.H.; Lee, Achilles; Cho, Yeoungjee; K. Viecelli, Andrea; Sautenet, Bénédicte; Teixeira‐Pinto, Armando; A. Brown, Edwina; Brunier, Gillian; Dong, Jie; Scholes‐Robertson, Nicole; Dunning, Tony; Mehrotra, Rajnish; Naicker, Saraladevi; Pecoits‐Filho, Roberto; Perl, Jeffrey; Wilkie, Martin; Tong, Allison

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfaa127

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Meaning of empowerment in peritoneal dialysis: focus groups with patients and caregivers

Published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation • May 4, 2020

Authors:

Amanda Baumgart

Karine Manera

David W. Johnson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: While peritoneal dialysis (PD) can offer patients more independence and flexibility compared with in-center hemodialysis, managing the ongoing and technically demanding regimen can impose a burden on patients and caregivers. Patient empowerment can strengthen capacity for self-management...

Subject

Empowerment

Regimen

Peritoneal dialysis

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