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Nursing issues
Quantitative study—other
Peritoneal dialysis: older patients report better quality of life than younger
  1. Edwina Brown
  1. Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Edwina Brown, Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK; e.a.brown{at}imperial.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2014-101989

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    Commentary on: Griva K, Yu Z, Chan S, et al. Age is not a contraindication to home-based dialysis—Quality-of-Life outcomes favour older patients on peritoneal dialysis regimes relative to younger patients. J Adv Nurs 2014;70:1902–14.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • Older patients should have information and support to enable choice of home-based dialysis rather than hospital-based haemodialysis (HD).

    • Quality of life (QOL) of older patients and use of healthcare resources on peritoneal dialysis (PD) need to be compared to those on hospital HD.

    Context

    The numbers of older patients requiring dialysis are increasing worldwide. In almost all healthcare systems, the default pathway for these patients is hospital HD, despite the haemodynamic swings that result in long recovery times and the need for transport …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None.