Is Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis a Solution for Northern Manitoba?

BACKGROUND: End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) continues to fundamentally impact the lives of First Nations (FN) patients. Home peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers patients more mobility and flexibility, but few Manitoba FNs have availed themselves of this option. OBJECTIVE: This paper discusses Manitoba F...

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Published in:Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé
Main Authors: Lavoie, Josée G., Zacharias, James, Kaufert, Joseph, Krueger, Nicholas, Kinew, Kathi Avery, Mcleod, Lorraine, Chartrand, Caroline
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Longwoods Publishing 2019
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Research Paper
First Nations
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008677/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31322114
https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2019.25856
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Summary:BACKGROUND: End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) continues to fundamentally impact the lives of First Nations (FN) patients. Home peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers patients more mobility and flexibility, but few Manitoba FNs have availed themselves of this option. OBJECTIVE: This paper discusses Manitoba FNs' experience of PD, to highlight enablers and barriers to expanding the use of PD in rural and remote Manitoba communities. METHODS: We analyzed interviews of individuals living with ESKD (N = 14), family caregivers (N = 14) and healthcare providers and administrators (N = 27). RESULTS: Barriers to PD uptake include medical suitability, patients' distrust of home modalities and fear in their ability to manage. Other factors include limited family support and lack of appropriate housing. CONCLUSIONS: Assisted peritoneal dialysis (APD) is an emerging model where PD supplies are centrally located, and where a cohort of PD patients can provide mutual support with added assistance from an APD worker. This model could mitigate existing treatment barriers.

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