title: Role of APD in compliance with therapy.
abstract: Lack of compliance with prescribed treatment is an important cause of inadequate dialysis in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). The reported prevalence of noncompliance with treatment in PD varies from 5 to 38%. The predictors of noncompliance, its consequences, methods to identify and monitor compliance, differences in frequency between continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and automated PD (APD), and management are reviewed. The risk of noncompliance is greater in CAPD than in APD. Noncompliance should be managed by patient education and appropriate modification of therapy, including consideration of APD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. draj@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Dominic S C
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Raj
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D015995:Prevalence