Author, Year | Perspective | Summary Finding |
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Bender & Holley, 1996 [14] | Nephrologists | Confident as primary care provider: 92% |
Alexander et al., 1998 [25] | Dialysis patients | Physician type not associated with patient satisfaction of care |
Zimmerman, 2003 [17] | Nephrologists | Confidence in abilities • Confident in own ability to provide primary care: 60% • Not very confident in Family Physician (FP) knowledge and training to provide primary care: 46% • Not very confident in FP available time to provide good primary care: 51% |
Roles and responsibilities • Nephrologist should not provide all PC for dialysis patients: 80% • Provision of primary care should be…equally split: 40% nephrologist has more responsibility than FP: 18% FP has more responsibility than nephrologist: 42% | ||
Family Practitioners | Confidence in abilities • Not very confident in Family Practitioner’s knowledge and training to provide PC: 40% • Not very confident in Family Practitioner’s available time to provide good PC: 62% • Nephrologist should not provide all PC for dialysis patients: 85% | |
Roles and responsibilities • Nephrologist should not provide all primary care for dialysis patients: 85% • Provision of primary care should be…equally split: 34% nephrologist has more responsibility than FP: 17% FP has more responsibility than nephrologist: 40% | ||
Dialysis patients | Adequacy of their physicians training and time to address non-dialysis related problems • Training – Nephrologists: 46.5% Family physicians: 68.5% • Time – Nephrologists: 36.6% Family physicians: 68.5% | |
Green, 2012 [15] | Dialysis unit staff: • Nephrologists, • Physician Assistants • Nurse Practitioners | • Prior training on symptom treatment for pain (44%), depression (41%), sexual dysfunction (82%) • Non-nephrologist providers should be responsible for managing pain (59%), depression (82%), sexual dysfunction (63%) • Somewhat or very comfortable treating pain (69%), depression (69%), sexual dysfunction (48%) |