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Freedom to Do Things
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20 out of 100 people on peritoneal
dialysis felt freer to do things after
one year.
= 1 person who felt freer to do things
= 1 person who did not feel freer to
do things
= 1 person who felt freer to do things
= 1 person who did not feel freer to
do things
20 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis felt freer to do things
after one year.
Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
Studies show some people on peritoneal
dialysis feel a little less free to do things
than people with a transplant. Others on
peritoneal dialysis feel a lot less free.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be better
than in-center hemodialysis .
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel somewhat less
free to do things than people with
a transplant. Others on hemodialysis
feel a lot less free.
Here’s what one study showed:
In-center hemodialysis
may be about the same
or better than peritoneal
dialysis.
Studies show some people on
peritoneal dialysis feel just as free
to do things as people on hemodialysis.
Others on peritoneal dialysis feel
a little less free.
Here’s what one study showed:
In one study, people with a transplant felt freer to do things than
people on hemodialysis.
In one study, people with a transplant felt freer to do things than
people on peritoneal dialysis.
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
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How free people felt to do things
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How free people felt to do things
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
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60
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30
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