Patients' experience one year after dialysis initiation: a lexicometric analysis.

Lucile MontalescotNicole RascleChristian CombeAurélie Untas

Published in: Health psychology and behavioral medicine (2021)

Dialysis initiation is a hard time for patients during which they face many challenges. This first year represents a time of adaptation, in which family seems essential.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors