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Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population

INTRODUCTION: Surprisingly few studies have explored the experiences of seriously unwell people with kidney disease on hemodialysis therapy: we conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate gender differences in illness experience, symptom burden, treatment considerations or expectations in this co...

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Autores principales: Beckwith, Hannah, Thomas, Nicola, Adwaney, Anamika, AppELbe, Maura, Gaffney, Helen, Hill, Peter, Moabi, Dihlabelo, Prout, Virginia, Salisbury, Emma, Webster, Phil, Tomlinson, James A.P., Brown, Edwina A.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36531893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.08.023
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author Beckwith, Hannah
Thomas, Nicola
Adwaney, Anamika
AppELbe, Maura
Gaffney, Helen
Hill, Peter
Moabi, Dihlabelo
Prout, Virginia
Salisbury, Emma
Webster, Phil
Tomlinson, James A.P.
Brown, Edwina A.
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Thomas, Nicola
Adwaney, Anamika
AppELbe, Maura
Gaffney, Helen
Hill, Peter
Moabi, Dihlabelo
Prout, Virginia
Salisbury, Emma
Webster, Phil
Tomlinson, James A.P.
Brown, Edwina A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Surprisingly few studies have explored the experiences of seriously unwell people with kidney disease on hemodialysis therapy: we conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate gender differences in illness experience, symptom burden, treatment considerations or expectations in this cohort. METHODS: Seriously unwell people on hemodialysis (1-year mortality risk of >20%) at 3 hospital-based units were invited to take part in a structured interview or to complete the same questions independently via a questionnaire. A total of 54 people took part (36 males, 18 females); data analysis was undertaken using a thematic approach. RESULTS: “Desire to keep living” is the most important and basic thought process when starting dialysis. Fear also predominates influencing risk assessment and decision-making. Once fear is managed, there are physical, social, practical and emotional issues to rationalize, but choice only seems possible if shared decision-making is part of the consultation.Gender differences were seen in perceived hopes and expectations of treatment. Males were more likely to prioritize achievement of physical goals, with females prioritizing a wish to feel well. Both genders reported significantly higher symptom scores than their health care provider perceived, however this difference was more marked in females. Dialysis regret existed in >50% of participants and 6 out of 54 (11%) stated that they would have chosen no dialysis at all. Females were more likely to report feeling depressed (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Different genders approach treatment decisions and prioritize treatment expectations differently. Recognizing this will allow personalized care plans to be developed and improve the experiences of seriously unwell people with kidney disease.
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spelling pubmed-97516762022-12-16 Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population Beckwith, Hannah Thomas, Nicola Adwaney, Anamika AppELbe, Maura Gaffney, Helen Hill, Peter Moabi, Dihlabelo Prout, Virginia Salisbury, Emma Webster, Phil Tomlinson, James A.P. Brown, Edwina A. Kidney Int Rep Clinical Research INTRODUCTION: Surprisingly few studies have explored the experiences of seriously unwell people with kidney disease on hemodialysis therapy: we conducted a mixed-methods study to investigate gender differences in illness experience, symptom burden, treatment considerations or expectations in this cohort. METHODS: Seriously unwell people on hemodialysis (1-year mortality risk of >20%) at 3 hospital-based units were invited to take part in a structured interview or to complete the same questions independently via a questionnaire. A total of 54 people took part (36 males, 18 females); data analysis was undertaken using a thematic approach. RESULTS: “Desire to keep living” is the most important and basic thought process when starting dialysis. Fear also predominates influencing risk assessment and decision-making. Once fear is managed, there are physical, social, practical and emotional issues to rationalize, but choice only seems possible if shared decision-making is part of the consultation.Gender differences were seen in perceived hopes and expectations of treatment. Males were more likely to prioritize achievement of physical goals, with females prioritizing a wish to feel well. Both genders reported significantly higher symptom scores than their health care provider perceived, however this difference was more marked in females. Dialysis regret existed in >50% of participants and 6 out of 54 (11%) stated that they would have chosen no dialysis at all. Females were more likely to report feeling depressed (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Different genders approach treatment decisions and prioritize treatment expectations differently. Recognizing this will allow personalized care plans to be developed and improve the experiences of seriously unwell people with kidney disease. Elsevier 2022-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9751676/ /pubmed/36531893 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.08.023 Text en © 2022 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Beckwith, Hannah
Thomas, Nicola
Adwaney, Anamika
AppELbe, Maura
Gaffney, Helen
Hill, Peter
Moabi, Dihlabelo
Prout, Virginia
Salisbury, Emma
Webster, Phil
Tomlinson, James A.P.
Brown, Edwina A.
Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title_full Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title_fullStr Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title_short Gender Differences in Experiences and Expectations of Hemodialysis in a Frail and Seriously Unwell Patient Population
title_sort gender differences in experiences and expectations of hemodialysis in a frail and seriously unwell patient population
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9751676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36531893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.08.023
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