Figure 2.

Natural disaster preparedness. (A) Dialysis-specific disaster preparedness on the basis of the 13-item checklist of the National Kidney Foundation. The dark gray and light gray bars refer to the percentages before and after the storm, respectively. The percentage of those with knowledge of other dialysis centers increased from 58.2% to 65.8%. The percentage of those who had their medical records at home increased from 52.7% to 64.1%. (B) General disaster preparedness on the basis of the 15-item checklist of the Department of Homeland Security; 54.3% of participants fulfilled 13–15 items. In contrast, 5.9% of participants did not have any recommended items prepared.