Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
First Author (Year) | Study Design | Country/ Region | Study Setting | Intervention | Comparator | Total N | Intervention Lead | Target Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Education | ||||||||
Castledine (2013) | Retrospective Cohort | UK | National Level | Pre-dialysis education program using home visit | No intervention | Â | Nurses and Existing Patients | Patients | |
Pre-dialysis education program using group session | NR | ||||||||
Pre-dialysis education program using Existing Patients | Â | ||||||||
Pre-dialysis education program using review of modality | Â | ||||||||
Pre-dialysis education program using video/DVD materials | Â | ||||||||
Tamura (2013) | Case-Control | USA | National Level | Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) for screening and education | No intervention | 3570 | Healthcare Providers | Patients | |
Fortnum (2014) | Cross-sectional | Australia | National Level | Renal units offering more group sessions per year | No intervention | NR | Healthcare Providers | Patients | |
Chan (2015) | Retrospective Cohort | Canada | Single Center | Simulation-based teaching | Conventional teaching | 49 | Nurses | Patients | |
Prieto-Velasco (2015) | Prospective Cohort | Spain | Multiple Centers | Education Process (EP) with Patient Decision Aid (PDA) tools | No intervention | 399 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
de Maar (2016) | Retrospective Cohort | Netherlands | Single Center | Pre-dialysis programme (GUIDE) | Historical control | 170 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Shukla (2017) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | Single Center | Comprehensive pre-dialysis education program | United States Renal Data System | NR | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Dubin (2019) | Prospective Cohort | USA | Multiple Centers | Digital Modality Decision Program | Historical control | 50 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Lee (2019) | Prospective Cohort | Taiwan | Not Reported | Shared decision-making (SDM) | Historical control | 608 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Shukla (2019) | Prospective Cohort | USA | Single Center | Comprehensive pre-dialysis education program | CKD care in USRDS data | NR | Nurses and Nephrologists | Patients and Caregivers | |
Historical control | Â | ||||||||
Parapiboon (2020) | RCT | Thailand | Single Center | Customized multimedia | Conventional multimedia | 120 | Dialysis Facilities | Patients | |
Imamura (2021) | Retrospective Cohort | Japan | Single Center | Multidisciplinary care (MDC) | No intervention | 112 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Shukla (2021) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | Kidney Disease Education (KDE) | No intervention | NR | Government Healthcare Payers and Dialysis Facilities | Dialysis Facilities and Patients | |
McKeon (2022) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | Multiple Centers | A structured CKD Education Program | No intervention | 4796 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Shah (2022) | Prospective Cohort | UK | Single Center | Quality Improvement (QI) by training nurses and patients | Pre-QI Period | 817 | Healthcare Providers and Existing Patients | Nurses and Patients | |
Blankenship (2023) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | Multiple Centers | Transitional care units (TCUs) or dedicated care programs or dialysis orientation units | Historical control | NR | Healthcare Providers | Patients | |
Sakurada (2023) | Retrospective Cohort | Japan | Single Center | Shared decision-making (SDM) | No intervention | 254 | Nephrologists and Nurses | Patients and Caregivers | |
| Â | Service Provision | ||||||||
Asif (2005) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | Multiple Centers | PD catheter insertion by nephrologists | PD catheter insertion by surgeon | NR | Nephrologists | Patients | |
Oliver (2007) | Retrospective Cohort | Canada | Multiple Centers | Home Plus Program | No intervention | 134 | Nurses | Patients | |
Jiang (2011) | Cross-sectional | China | Multiple Centers | PD satellite center program | Historical control | 2870 | Physicians and Nurses | Physicians and Nurses | |
Chen (2012) | Prospective Cohort | Taiwan | Multiple Centers | Multidisciplinary care (MDC) | Usual care group | 1056 | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Castledine (2013) | Retrospective Cohort | UK | National Level | Provision home visits to PD patients | No intervention | NR | Nurses and Existing Patients | Patients | |
PD catheter insertion by members of renal team | PD catheter insertion by surgeon | Â | |||||||
Provision same day hospital visits for PD patients | No intervention | Â | |||||||
Yu (2014) | Retrospective Cohort | China | Single Center | Continuous quality improvement | Historical control | NR | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Blaauw (2019) | Prospective Cohort | UK | Not Reported | Remote patient management (RPM) systems | Historical control | NR | Nurses | Nurses and Patients | |
Boyer (2020) | Retrospective Cohort | France | National Level | Nurse-assisted PD | Historical control | NR | Nurses | Dialysis Facilities and Patients | |
Liu (2021) | Retrospective Cohort | Singapore | Single Center | PD catheter insertion by nephrologists | Historical control | NR | Nephrologists | Patients | |
van Eck van der Sluijs (2021) | Cross-sectional | Europe | Multiple Centers | Assisted PD program | No intervention | NR | Nurses and Caregiver | Patients | |
Yao (2021) | Retrospective Cohort | Taiwan | National Level | PD center volume (26–42 incident patients per year) | PD center volume (1–12 incident patients per year) | NR | Dialysis Facilities | Patients | |
Quinn (2024) | Prospective Cohort | Canada | Sub-National Level | At Home, on the Right Therapy (START) project | Historical control | NR | Dialysis Facilities | Patients | |
| Â | Combined Education and Service Provision | ||||||||
Kaiser (2020) | Prospective Cohort | USA | Single Center | Virtual Multidisciplinary Care Program | No intervention | Â | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Self-control (pre-education) | 44 | ||||||||
Tombocon (2021) | Prospective Cohort | Australia | Multiple Centers | Quality Improvement through establishing treatment pathways that coordinates local home treatment, raise awareness of HoD, and develop flexible individualized treatment (Home before Hospital) | Historical control | NR | Multidisciplinary Care Team | Patients | |
Manns (2022) | RCT | Canada | Sub-National Level | Multifaceted Interventions, including phone surveys from a knowledge translation broker, 1-year center-specific audit/feedback on home dialysis use, delivery of an educational package, and an academic detailing visit | No intervention | 5312 | Nephrologists | Dialysis Facilities | |
| Â | Payment | ||||||||
Mendelssohn (2004) | Case-Control | Canada | Sub-National Level | Equal physician reimbursement for all dialysis modalities | Historical control | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Physicians | |
Praditpornsilpa (2011) | Retrospective Cohort | Thailand | National Level | PD-first policy (2009) | Historical control (2007) | 60569 | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Hirth (2013) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) | Historical control (2007) | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Lin (2017) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) | Historical control (2007) | Â | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Add-on paying for home dialysis training (Medicare Parts A/B subgroup) | No intervention | NR | |||||||
Sloan (2019) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) | Historical control | 619126 | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Lin (2020) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | PD catheter paid for by Medicare | No intervention | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Patients | |
Sriravindrarajah (2020) | Retrospective Cohort | Australia | Sub-National Level | Private health insurance (PHI) | No intervention | NR | Patients | Patients | |
Trachtenberg (2020) | Retrospective Cohort | Canada | Sub-National Level | Equal nephrologist fee-for-service (FFS) for HD and PD | Salaried nephrologist | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Physicians | |
Ji (2022) | RCT | USA | National Level | End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) Payment Model | No intervention | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Chang (2023) | Retrospective Cohort | Taiwan | National Level | PD-encouraging reimbursement policy | Historical control | 6546 | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |
Johansen (2023) | Retrospective Cohort | USA | National Level | End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) Payment Model | Historical control | NR | Government Healthcare Payers | Dialysis Facilities | |