Table 2 Outcomes of asPD

Hospitalization

Country

Results

France [20]

31/36 have been hospitalized once during the study period (1998–2003)

0.4 admission/patient/month

46% have been hospitalized during the first 6 months. The percentage decreases to 21% after the first year

Denmark [22]

30,358 patients/day (64 asPD patients), 10% of which have been spent in hospital, with a length of stay longer for older (> 70 years) and for asPD compared with self-PD (35 vs 19 hospital days/patient/year)

1 admission every 3.1 treatments/months

Brazil [25]

15/30 patients (50%) have been hospitalized during the first 6 months, with cardiovascular disease being the most common cause

Canada, Ontario [16]

1.4 admissions/patients/year and 23.5 hospital days/patient/year

Canada, Ontario [18]

203 asPD vs 198 in-center HD: 11.1 vs 12.9 days/year

Canada, British Columbia [19]

Non-significant differences between 53 asPD 57 PDA eligible* and 670 self-PD after adjusting for comorbidities

Peritonitis risk

France [20]

Survival free of peritonitis was 72% at six months, 50% at 12 months

Denmark

Incidence of 1 in every 25.3 patients/months in asPD vs 1 in every 30 patients/months in self-PD patients

Canada, Ontario [16]

Non-significant differences between asPD and self-PD patients (1 in every 28.2 patients/months in self-PD vs 1 in every 24.9 patients/months)

Canada, British Columbia [19]

Non-significant differences between 53 asPD 57, PDA eligible* and 670 self-PD in both non-adjusted and adjusted analyses (0.22 vs 0.36 vs 0.22 patients-year)

Brazil [25]

1 episode in every 36 patients/months

Technique survival

France [20]

85% at 6 months and 58% at 12 months

8/36 were transferred to HD

Denmark [22]

No differences between self- and assisted PD patients

Canada, Ontario [16]

81% at 12 months

Canada, British Columbia [19]

Not-significant different between asPD, PDA eligible* and self-PD patients (88% vs 86% vs 83% of death- and transplant-censored PD technique survival at 12 months)

Patient survival

France [20]

Patient survival was 90% at six months and 83%at 1 year

Denmark [22]

Patient survival was 75–80% at 1 year

Canada, Ontario [16]

Death rate 0.12 patients/year