(2) Several important common strategies were used across the studies, including community mobilization, health education, behavior change communication sessions, care seeking modalities, and home visits during pregnancy and after birth.
Therapy initially consisted of active and active assisted motion exercises, edema control, scar management, pain modalities, and home program exercises performed at least four to five times per day.
Chi-square test for independence showed no relation between treatment modality and difficulties with home discharge (Table 4).
Patients should be given options to choose home modalities (such as PD and home HD) because these modalities preserve independence and quality of life better than in-center hemodialysis and are less costly.
Table 4 Relation between treatment modality and difficulties with discharge to home Home discharge group (n = 202) Non-home discharge group (n = 143) Total Hemiarthroplasty* 47 26 73 Osteosynthesis* 142 101 243 Conservative treatments* 13 16 29 * No significant difference by chi-square test for independence (P = 0.194).
The duration and modality (home versus hospital-based) of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes were similar across the three BMI categories (table 1).
Home dialysis modalities (peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HHD)) are comparably under-utilized, but RRT in the home setting offers greater quality of life [ 1, 2], higher patient satisfaction [ 3, 4] and several other clinical advantages, including better survival compared to CHD [ 5- 10].
The Home First study will use a mixed-methods approach to explore patient and caregiver preferences and views on factors that influence their choice of dialysis modality, between home HD and PD, or facility-based hospital and satellite dialysis.
Although we did not record the amount of aerobic and resistance training that was performed during rehabilitation, BMI was not a factor in the choice of the training strategies and modalities (home versus hospital-based) used in the three groups.
Before the interview, participants were provided standardised verbal and written information about home haemodialysis that described the range of potential dialysis modalities (peritoneal dialysis, in-centre haemodialysis and home haemodialysis, including frequent and/or nocturnal schedules).
