Hemodialysis Access Choice: Impact of Health Literacy

Hemodialysis Access Choice: Impact of Health Literacy

Background: Hemodialysis patients need to make decisions about vascular access and diet that they may not fully understand. In this study, we hypothesized that patients with low health literacy are likely to choose a central venous catheter (CVC) and have higher serum potassium (K), serum phosphate...

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Main Authors: Andrea Mazarova, Swapnil Hiremath, Manish M. Sood, Edward G. Clark, Pierre Antoine Brown, Ann L. Bugeja, Grant L. England, Deborah Zimmerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SLACK Incorporated 2017-09-01
Series:Health Literacy Research and Practice
Subjects:
hemodialysis
health literacy
patient education
public health
Online Access:https://www.healio.com/public-health/journals/hlrp/2017-7-1-3/%7B32866dd9-0eaa-44df-b8c1-21374c42539a%7D/hemodialysis-access-choice-impact-of-health-literacy

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