School and the in-center pediatric hemodialysis patient.
Life "on the machine" can significantly disrupt the social and academic school experience of preadolescent and adolescent renal failure patients because of their frequent absences. When hemodialysis patients were offered treatments after school and on Saturday mornings, patients, families, and staff reported significant improvement in the patients' social integration and academic performance.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology*; D012934:Social Isolation; D012951:Socialization