The effects of supported shared‐care and hemodialysis self‐care on patient psychological well‐being, interdialytic weight gain, and blood pressure control

Abstract

Introduction: Traditionally hemodialysis (HD) treatments are undertaken by dialysis staff. Self‐care has been reported to improve psychological well‐being and treatment compliance for patients with chronic diseases. We evaluated our shared‐care HD program to determine whether shared‐care benefits patients.