Overcoming Barriers for Uptake and Continued Use of Home Dialysis: An NKF-KDOQI Conference Report
Home dialysis modalities are used in a minority of patients with kidney failure in the United States. During the 2018 National Kidney Foundation–Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF-KDOQI) Home Dialysis Conference, numerous ideas were suggested to help minimize barriers for the uptake and retention of home dialysis therapies. First, educational tools are needed to increase knowledge about home dialysis modalities (eg, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis, and home hemodialysis).