Tag: patient experiences
Sleep quality declines among female kidney transplant recipients
New research published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has found that fatigue, concentration issues, and social disengagement are among the problems experienced by kidney transplant...
Welsh research highlights patient reluctance towards home dialysis
Why do more patients not choose haemodialysis at home? That was the question Leah McLaughlin (Bangor University, Bangor, UK) sought to answer for the...
Kidney patient association hosts innovation summit
The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest independent kidney patient organisation in the USA, and its strategic partner, the George Washington University (GW) School of...
New UKKA guideline places patient choice at heart of vascular access...
The recent haemodialysis access guideline update from the UK Kidney Association (UKKA), which was published in the run-up to the 2023 UK Kidney Week...
UK survey highlights access cannulation experiences and importance of patient-staff discussions
A regional patient survey from the UK has revealed a 71% rate of good experiences with vascular access cannulation, and a “great appreciation” for...
Fistula, graft or catheter—first and foremost, dialysis patients want an access...
“Catheters are not nearly as bad as we make them out to be.” This was one of the salient messages delivered by Theodore Saad...
Physicians hear global patient perspectives about life on dialysis
From insights on living with different treatment modalities, to problems created by poor physician-patient communication and long-term psychological challenges, kidney care physicians heard a...
Systematic review sheds light on “unpleasant necessity” of cannulation for haemodialysis...
A systematic review published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has illuminated haemodialysis patients’ views and experiences of arteriovenous access cannulation, concluding that...