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. 2023 Nov 1:17:2707-2717.
doi: 10.2147/PPA.S434081. eCollection 2023.

Different Perspectives of Spanish Patients and Professionals on How a Dialysis Unit Should Be Designed

Maria Dolores Arenas Jiménez  1 , Paula Manso  1 , Fabiola Dapena  1 , David Hernán  1 , Jesús Portillo  1 , Concepción Pereira  1 , Daniel Gallego  2 , Juan Carlos Julián Mauro  2 , Manuel Arellano Armisen  2   3 , Antonio Tombas  4 , Iluminada Martin-Crespo Garcia  5 , Emilio Gonzalez-Parra  6 , Cristina Sanz  1
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Different Perspectives of Spanish Patients and Professionals on How a Dialysis Unit Should Be Designed

Maria Dolores Arenas Jiménez et al. Patient Prefer Adherence. .

Abstract

Aim: The opinion of hemodialysis patients, professionals and family members is rarely considered in the design of a hemodialysis unit.

Purpose: To know and compare the opinion and preferences of patients, family members and professionals regarding the design of a dialysis unit and the potential activities they believe should be carried out during the session in order to provide architects with real information for the construction of a dialysis center.

Patients and methods: Anonymous and voluntary survey in electronic format addressed to patients, relatives and professionals belonging to the 18 hemodialysis centers of the renal foundation and to ALCER and its different delegations, in relation to leisure activities to be carried out in the dialysis center and preferred design of the treatment room. The results obtained between the patient-family group and the professionals were compared.

Results: We received 331 responses, of which 215 were from patients and family members (65%) and 116 (35%) from professionals. The most represented category among professionals was nursing (53%), followed by assistants (24%) and physicians (12.9%). A higher proportion of patients (66%) preferred rooms in groups of 10-12 patients as opposed to professionals who preferred open-plan rooms (p<0.001). The options that showed the most differences between patients and professionals were chatting with colleagues and intimacy (options most voted by patients/families), versus performing group activities and visibility (professionals).

Conclusion: The professionals' view of patients' needs does not always coincide with the patients' perception. The inclusion of the perspective of people with kidney disease continues to be a pending issue in which we must improve both patient organizations and professionals, and the opinion of professionals and patients must be included in the design of a dialysis unit and the activities to be developed in it.

Keywords: dialysis unit design; healthcare professionals; hemodialysis; patient experience; patients; preferences.

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Conflict of interest statement

Mr Juan Carlos Julián Mauro reports that in the last 3 years, his employer has received financial aid from the following companies related to the treatment of people with kidney conditions: Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Baxter, CSL Vifor, Diaverum Services, Fresenius Medical Care, GSK, Hansa Biopharma and Novartis. These aids were in no case intended for this research. The author reports no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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