Dahlan Randah A, Alsuwaida Abdulkareem O, Farrash Mai S, Qureshi Mohammad A, Hejaili Fayez, Al Sayyari Abdullah A
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc., Saudi Arabia
DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc., Saudi Arabia.
Perit Dial Int. 2017 Sep-Oct;37(5):574-576. doi: 10.3747/pdi.2016.00321.
Despite the fact that many of the medical outcome data of peritoneal dialysis (PD) have been improving over the past few years, PD remains an underutilized modality in many countries worldwide. Most nephrologists in those countries report a high rate of patients' refusal. We conducted this survey-based study to determine the obstacles behind underutilization of PD in Saudi Arabia from patients' perspectives and to understand the reasons for their refusal. Nine-hundred and twenty hemodialysis (HD) patients, who had never been on PD before, participated in this study. Responses obtained from patients indicate that their refusal of PD could be because they had not received proper counseling and education about PD from their treating nephrologists throughout the course of their disease.
尽管在过去几年里腹膜透析（PD）的许多医学结局数据一直在改善，但在全球许多国家，PD仍然是一种未得到充分利用的治疗方式。那些国家的大多数肾病学家报告称患者拒绝率很高。我们开展了这项基于调查的研究，从患者的角度确定沙特阿拉伯PD未得到充分利用背后的障碍，并了解他们拒绝的原因。920名此前从未接受过PD治疗的血液透析（HD）患者参与了这项研究。从患者那里获得的回复表明，他们拒绝PD可能是因为在整个患病过程中，他们没有从治疗他们的肾病学家那里得到关于PD的适当咨询和教育。
