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Getting Around: Feelings
Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
Studies show some people on peritoneal
dialysis are somewhat less happy with
how well they get around than people
with a transplant. Others on peritoneal
dialysis are a lot less happy.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be better
than in-center hemodialysis .
Studies show people on hemodialysis
are a lot less happy with how well
they get around than people with
a transplant.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis
may be about the same.
Studies show some people on each
treatment feel just as happy with how
well they get around.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant Peritoneal
Dialysis
82 out of 100 people with a
transplant were happy with
getting around.
82 out of 100 people with a
transplant were happy with
getting around.
50 out of 100 people on peritoneal
dialysis were happy with getting
around.
49 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis were happy with
getting around.
53 out of 100 people on peritoneal
dialysis were happy with getting
around.
50 out of 100 people on in-center
hemodialysis were happy with
getting around.
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= 1 person who was not happy
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