title: Losses, maintenance and recruitment of patients in a peritoneal dialysis home training program.
abstract: The St. Peter Hospital Kidney Dialysis Center began a peritoneal dialysis home training program in 1988, and demonstrated steady growth until the end of its sixth year at which time the census plummeted. Peritoneal dialysis staff sought to determine a cause for the reduction in census by evaluating the reasons for drop-out. They concluded that drop-out rates were not unexpected or unusual and that maintenance and referrals are influenced by: (a) patient predialysis education and (b) continual conversation and collaboration between the nephrologists and peritoneal dialysis home training staff.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gorgen
mesh_terms: D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010360:Patient Transfer; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires