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Si P, Gair R, Barnes T, Dunn L, Lee S, Ariss S, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Sep; 17(9):e0274599. PMID: 36166424
Background: Haemodialysis patients experience significant symptom burden and effects on health-related quality of life. Studies have shown increases in fluid overload, hospitalization and mortality immediately after the long interdialytic interval...
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Moore C, Santhakumaran S, Martin G, Wilkinson T, Caskey F, Magadi W, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Mar; 17(3):e0264312. PMID: 35235567
Background: People living with a long-term condition, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), often suffer from multiple symptoms simultaneously, making symptom management challenging. This study aimed to identify symptom clusters...
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Hawkins J, Wellsted D, Corps C, Fluck R, Gair R, Hall N, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2022 Feb; 37(8):1507-1519. PMID: 35138389
Background: Patient experience is a recognized aspect of quality of care for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but current patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) only focus on dialysis care. We...
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Magadi W, Lightfoot C, Memory K, Santhakumaran S, van der Veer S, Thomas N, et al.
BMC Nephrol . 2022 Jan; 23(1):45. PMID: 35081904
Background: The knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage one's own health is termed patient activation and can be assessed using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). This measure is increasingly recommended...
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Bolton S, Gair R, Nilsson L, Matthews M, Stewart L, McCullagh N
Patient Relat Outcome Meas . 2021 Nov; 12:315-321. PMID: 34764715
Introduction: Most people on hemodialysis (HD) report a high symptom burden. Fatigue and lack of energy are prominent, interfering with daily life and associated with poor outcome. Prolonged recovery time...
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Fotheringham J, Barnes T, Dunn L, Lee S, Ariss S, Young T, et al.
PLoS One . 2021 Jul; 16(7):e0253966. PMID: 34283851
Background: Compared to in-centre, home hemodialysis is associated with superior outcomes. The impact on patient experience and clinical outcomes of consistently providing the choice and training to undertake hemodialysis-related treatment...
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Hawkins J, Smeeton N, Busby A, Wellsted D, Rider B, Jones J, et al.
BMJ Open . 2021 Apr; 11(4):e044984. PMID: 33853800
Objectives: To examine the relative importance of patient and centre level factors in determining self-reported experience of care in patients with advanced kidney disease treated by maintenance haemodialysis (HD). Design:...
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Evans K, Pyart R, Steenkamp R, Whitlock T, Stannard C, Gair R, et al.
Nephron . 2018 Jul; 139 Suppl 1:1-12. PMID: 29990996
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van der Veer S, Aresi G, Gair R
Clin Kidney J . 2017 Dec; 10(6):783-787. PMID: 29250324
In this issue of , Brown and colleagues show that symptom burden is high across all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Still, management of symptoms in kidney patients leaves...
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Fotheringham J, Barnes T, Dunn L, Lee S, Ariss S, Young T, et al.
BMC Nephrol . 2017 Nov; 18(1):335. PMID: 29178891
Background: The study objective is to assess the effectiveness and economic impact of a structured programme to support patient involvement in centre-based haemodialysis and to understand what works for whom...