Table 3.

Rates of Peritonitis and Hospitalization, Stratified by the Year of PD Initiation and PD Assistance.

	Events number	Rate per pt-yr	Rates difference	p-value
‘Pre’ 2015-2017 vs. ‘Post’ 2018-2020
Peritonitis (first-yr)
2015-2017	11	0.30 (0.15; 0.33)	0.02 (-0.22; 0.23)	.98
2018-2020	15	0.30 (0.17; 0.49)
Peritonitis (total follow-up)
2015-2017	36	0.26 (0.18; 0.36)
2018-2020	44	0.43 (0.32; 0.58)	0.09 (0.02; 0.37)	.03
Hospitalization
2015-2017	105	0.78 (0.64; 0.95)
2018-2020	81	0.84 (0.67; 1.05)	0.06 (-0.02; 0.16)	.62
Assisted vs. independent PD patients (2018-2020)
Peritonitis (first-year)
Independent PD	14	0.35 (0.20; 0.59)	-0.26 (-0.52; 0.003)	.06
Assisted PD	1	0.10 (0.24; 0.53)
Peritonitis (total follow-up)
Independent PD	34	0.43 (0.29; 0.58)
Assisted PD	10	0.51 (0.24; 0.91)	0.09 (-0.26; 0.44)	.63
Hospitalization
Independent PD	60	0.78 (0.59; 1.00)
Assisted PD	21	1.12 (0.69; 1.71)	0.34 (-0.17; 0.86)	.20

Note. PD = peritoneal dialysis.