Thesis
Home Hemodialysis: Benefits and Barriers to a Promising Modality of Renal Replacement Therapy
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
04/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4207
Abstract
Patients requiring hemodialysis in the United States have poor clinical outcomes and quality of life. Home-based hemodialysis therapies have been shown to improve clinical outcomes, patient functioning and patient satisfaction at potentially reduced cost to society. Despite evidence that such therapies can be attractive alternatives to traditional in-center hemodialysis, substantial obstacles exist to its more frequent use including technical obstacles, social obstacles and systemic barriers. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature for evidence of the benefits to more frequent use of home hemodialysis and to examine the barriers that prevent its more frequent implementation.
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Details
- Title
- Home Hemodialysis: Benefits and Barriers to a Promising Modality of Renal Replacement Therapy
- Creators
- Randall Choka
- Contributors
- Melvin Haberman (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590723601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis