Table 1.

Representative item of the opinion poll

Main possible reasons for the low percentage of patients in PD in Belgium when comparing with certain countries	Percentage of positive answers (%)
The medical contraindications	12
The important number of dialysis centres nearby	22
The ease of using HD as RRT	29
The lack of motivation of nephrologists	26
Fear of complications	6
Late referral	22
The need to use HD places with priority	4
The time needed to implement peritoneal dialysis	10
Lack of PD training (PD technique)	19
The need to have a nurse team dedicated to the technique	22
The need to have an experienced surgeon	4
Patient refusal (by choice)	28

This item is part of a 33-item questionnaire sent to the French-speaking Belgian nephrologists. Three answers were to be chosen by the responders (n = 97). For each proposition, the percentage of positive answers is indicated.