Mentorship program reveals adherent patients on dialysis report better quality of life
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Key takeaways:
- Stable and adherent patients on dialysis experience better quality of life than high-risk patients.
- Peer mentors also had better physical function than high-risk patients.
AUSTIN, Texas — In this video, Ladan Golestaneh, MD, MS, discusses potentially modifiable risks among patients on dialysis identified in a mentorship program.
As Healio previously reported, the PEER-HD study explores mentorship among patients on dialysis. In the poster presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Golestaneh and colleagues found patients who enrolled as peer mentors were younger, more educated, had higher health literacy and better physical function than high-risk patients.
“You [might] look at this poster [and] at this study and think, ‘Well, that's not surprising because patients who are stable and adherent tend to be more engaged and have better quality of life.’ But I think what we were able to find a signal for was potential modifiable barriers to adherence among the high-risk patients, including things that would improve physical function [and] level of engagement with the care team, as well as emotional well-being,” Golestaneh told Healio.
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Golestaneh L. et al. Poster 217. Presented at: National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; April 11-15, 2023; Austin, Texas.
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