Home Hemodialysis
Qualitative and Quantitative Articles on Home Hemodialysis Elizabeth Hetherington Northeastern University
Receiving hemodialysis in the in-patient or outpatient setting is uncomfortable and non-pleasurable. Thankfully, “the movement of medical care out of institutional settings into patients’ homes has increased in most industrialized countries as part of the general emergence of self- care options in the healthcare field” (Halifax, 2009, p. 27). In relation to this, an alternative option has become available for Dialysis patients called Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis (NHHD) within the past few years. This new method allows patients to complete treatments within their own homes privately. These patient’s self-administer hemodialysis “for 6 to 8 hours, 5 to 6 nights per week” (Halifax, 2009, p. 28). Not only is the patient’s life made somewhat easier, there may be an “impact on medical expenses in general, including the number of hospital admissions and the amount of prescription medications required” (Halifax, 2009, p. 28). Two articles, one qualitative and one quantitative, both correlate to this new advance. The first, Patients’ Experiences with Learning A Complex Medical Device for the Self-Administration of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis is a qualitative study, and the second, Hemodialysis patients’ perceptions of home hemodialysis and self-care, is a quantitative study. Both articles aimed to address and assess the patient’s perceptions and experiences involving NHHD. In article 1, Patients’ Experiences with Learning A Complex Medical Device for the Self-Administration of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis,
Receiving hemodialysis in the in-patient or outpatient setting is uncomfortable and non-pleasurable. Thankfully, “the movement of medical care out of institutional settings into patients’ homes has increased in most industrialized countries as part of the general emergence of self- care options in the healthcare field” (Halifax, 2009, p. 27). In relation to this, an alternative option has become available for Dialysis patients called Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis (NHHD) within the past few years. This new method allows patients to complete treatments within their own homes privately. These patient’s self-administer hemodialysis “for 6 to 8 hours, 5 to 6 nights per week” (Halifax, 2009, p. 28). Not only is the patient’s life made somewhat easier, there may be an “impact on medical expenses in general, including the number of hospital admissions and the amount of prescription medications required” (Halifax, 2009, p. 28). Two articles, one qualitative and one quantitative, both correlate to this new advance. The first, Patients’ Experiences with Learning A Complex Medical Device for the Self-Administration of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis is a qualitative study, and the second, Hemodialysis patients’ perceptions of home hemodialysis and self-care, is a quantitative study. Both articles aimed to address and assess the patient’s perceptions and experiences involving NHHD. In article 1, Patients’ Experiences with Learning A Complex Medical Device for the Self-Administration of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis,
References: Visaya, Marie Angela (2010). Hemodialysis patients’ perceptions of home hemodialysis and self-care. The CANNT Journal, Volume 20, Issue 2, 23-28. Halifasx, N. V.D., Wong, J., Eakin, J., Migram, P., Caffazzo, J. A., Chan, C. T. (2009). Patients’ Experiences with Learning A Complex Medical Device for the Self-Administration of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis. Nephrology Nursing Journal, Volume 36, No. 1, 27-32.