Social relationships and their impact on health-related outcomes in peritoneal versus haemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study

Abstract

These differences may reflect the degree of autonomy and self-care associated with the different treatment modalities. In practice, our findings suggest that the early identification and inclusion of persons providing social support for patients may have a positive effect on different aspects of their care and quality of life.

Health-Related Quality of Life in Home Dialysis Patients Compared to In-Center Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…A total of 46 articles was eligible for critical appraisal. 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 The following articles presented overlapping patient data and were appraised as one: Bujang et al 91 and Liu et al, 92 Chkhotua et al 94 and Maglakelidze et al, 95 Griva et al 103 and Yang et al, 104 2 articles by Kontodimopoulos 111 , 112 and 2 articles by Theofilou, 120 , 121 leaving 41 studies for analysis.…”

“…Because follow-up results of PD and in-center HD patients were not shown in the article, in the following meta-analysis, only baseline data of this study could be used. The study by Neumann et al 114 investigated the change in social networks and social support, and their association with HRQoL, of dialysis patients over a 12-month period. The PCS and MCS scores of PD and in-center HD patients decreased equally during follow-up.…”

“… 95 , 96 Few studies adequately adjusted HRQoL scores for confounding between groups. 84 , 97 , 98 , 108 , 109 , 114 Apart from adjustment for confounders, also a stratified analysis was considered as a low risk of bias. HRQoL, as a patient-reported outcome measure, should be self-reported or assessed by a trained research assistant.…”

Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Dutch Families Importance in Nursing Care: Nurses’ Attitudes Scale Based on the Generalized Partial Credit Model

“…Family members have considerable influence on the health and self-care of elderly individuals with chronic diseases (Chen et al, 2018; McCabe et al, 2015; Neumann, Lamprecht, Robinski, Mau, & Girndt, 2018). Therefore, it is important for nurses to involve family members in nursing care to promote continuity of care for the patient (Bridges, Flatley, & Meyer, 2010; Lowson et al, 2013) and collaborate with them as partners in care (Lindhardt, Nyberg, & Hallberg, 2008; Wassenaar, Schouten, & Schoonhoven, 2014).…”

Family caregivers' perceived level of collaboration with hospital nurses: A cross‐sectional study

“…Therefore, it is important that family caregivers can decide how to participate in decision making and how to collaborate with hospital nurses in the delivery of care (Wittenberg et al., 2018 ). The quality and continuity of care for older adults who are temporarily admitted to the hospital improves when hospital nurses involve family caregivers in caregiving and decision‐making (Bridges et al., 2010 ; Neumann et al., 2018 ; Park et al., 2018 ). Involvement of older persons' caregivers during the hospitalization reduces potential complications (Li, 2005 ) and reduces the length of stay (Park et al., 2018 ) and the risk of hospital readmission (Park et al., 2018 ; Rodakowski et al., 2017 ).…”