Risk perception in peritoneal dialysis waste management: contributions for audiovisual material.
Gabriel Rodrigues Medeiros, Josué Laguardia, Silvia Regina Manfredi and 1 others
PMID 42484196WHAT IT FOUND
Home peritoneal dialysis patients and caregivers reported uncertainty about safe waste disposal, especially sharps, and participants asked for nurse-led, simple audiovisual guidance linking disposal to the full home treatment routine.
Key findings
01Patients and caregivers reported gaps in knowledge and insecurity about safe disposal of home peritoneal dialysis waste, including sharps and risks to waste collection workers.
02Training conducted by nurses was described as central to helping patients and caregivers learn home peritoneal dialysis technique, hygiene, and safety.
03Participants recommended short, simple audiovisual guidance with realistic nurse-patient dialogue, QR codes, and waste disposal taught as part of the whole home treatment process.
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What it does not show
Convenience sampling may have introduced selection bias and limited representativeness of patient and caregiver profiles. The online focus group may have missed non-verbal cues important for qualitative interpretation. The audiovisual script was preliminary; the final video had not been developed or validated with the intended audience. The study was done in a private unit where peritoneal dialysis is not available through the public health system, so findings may not apply to other settings. The first author was involved in the clinic's nursing team, which may have influenced recruitment or interpretation.
Declared interests
The work was supported by CAPES. No commercial funding or author conflicts were reported.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the proposed audiovisual material as evidence that it improves safe waste disposal. It is a preliminary script based on participants' suggestions, and the final video has not yet been developed or validated.