Overcoming the Underutilisation of Peritoneal Dialysis

Table 1

Summary of studies on the impact of predialysis education in modality choice.

Reference	Study type (number of patients)	Number of patients with structured/timely educational intervention versus controls	Modality choice (PD versus HD)
Ahlmén et al., 1993 [67]	Retrospective single-centre cohort ()	N/A (all patients invited to education)	38% chose PD versus 24% choosing HD
Prichard, 1996 [68]	Retrospective single-centre cohort ()	N/A (all patients exposed to an extensive education programme)	Of 74 patients with a free modality choice 50% chose PD
Little et al., 2001 [69]	Retrospective single-centre cohort ()	65% with timely counselling versus 35% counselled at or after dialysis start	50.9% chose PD versus 34.8% of controls
Marrón et al., 2005 [70]	Retrospective multicentre observational ()	37% versus 63%	31% chose PD versus 8.3% of controls
Ribitsch et al., 2013 [71]	Retrospective single-centre cohort ()	30.8% versus 69.2%	54.3% chose PD versus 28% of controls