TABLE 2
FROM:
Nonadherence in hemodialysis: Associations with mortality, hospitalization, and practice patterns in the DOPPS
Rajiv Saran, Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham, Hugh C Rayner, David A Goodkin, Marcia L Keen, Paul C Van Dijk, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Luis Piera, Akira Saito, Shunichi Fukuhara, Eric W Young, Philip J Held and Friedrich K Port
BACK TO ARTICLETable 2. Distribution of nonadherence measures by continent
| Patients % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonadherence measure | Euro-DOPPS | Japan | United States | Overall |
Skipped  1 hemodialysis session/montha
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 3.8 |
| Shortened session by 10 minutesb
| 9.8 | 5.7 | 19.6 | 13.0 |
| idwg > 5.7% of dry weight | 11.0 | 34.5 | 16.8 | 19.6 |
| PO4> 7.5 g/dL | 12.8 | 12.1 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| k > 6 mEq/L | 20.0 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 10.8 |
IDWG is interdialytic weight gain.
a One session skipped (N = 136) (46.6%); two sessions skipped (N = 67) (23.0%); and three or more sessions skipped (N = 89) (30.4%)
b One session shortened (N = 370) (37.0%); two sessions shortened (N = 231) (23.1%); and three or more sessions shortened (N = 399) (39.9%)
