Figure 2.

Patient-reported levels of problems associated with vascular access when bathing or showering in hemodialysis patients with healed catheter entry sites using Hemodialysis Infection Prevention Protocols Ontario—Shower Technique (HIPPO-ST) versus standard catheter care over 6 months. The y-axis represents the level of agreement with the item “During the past 4 weeks my vascular access caused me problems when I was bathing or showering,” which was rated by using a 7-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).