Table 3.
Proportion of nurses selecting “agree” or “strongly agree” in response to the question: “peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis can be performed on patients with the following characteristics”
| Peritoneal dialysis* | Home hemodialysis* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Before initiative | After initiative | Before initiative | After initiative |
| Poor socioeconomic status | 80% | 92% | 73% | 90% |
| Non-compliant with in-center HD | 37% | 90% | 25% | 84% |
| No education after high school | 93% | 97% | 88% | 98% |
| Limited home space | 54% | 85% | 38% | 69% |
| Multiple chronic illnesses | 54% | 93% | 62% | 91% |
| Age >70 years | 74% | 96% | 72% | 96% |
| No family caregivers | 57% | 93% | 43% | 85% |
| Large body mass | 53% | 96% | 72% | 97% |
| Impaired cognition | 27% | 81% | 19% | 79% |
| Poor visual acuity | 29% | 89% | 20% | 78% |
| Poor motor strength | 29% | 78% | 26% | 74% |
*P < 0.001 for comparisons of each characteristic before and after initiative.