Nursing module of the French-Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry (RDPLF). Report 2022-2023.

Abstract

The French-Language Peritoneal Dialysis Registry (RDPLF) database is made up of several specialized, interconnected modules. Since 1980, RDPLF centers have recorded the main aspects of nursing training for over 16,000 patients in a nursing module intended for care teams. We report a descriptive analysis of the information included in the RDPLF nursing module in 2022 and 2023 to avoid the bias that might have been present during the preceding SARS-Cov-2 pandemic period. In order to have a homogeneous population, we only included patients from metropolitan France. The patients’ mean age was 69.5±16 years. It was higher in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (69.7 years) than in automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) (57.8 years). Autonomous patients accounted for 60% of the study population. The majority of patients knew how to adapt their fluids to their clinical condition. The information recorded in the module will need to be modified to adapt it to modern training tools.