Let Us Listen to Patients: Underutilization of Peritoneal Dialysis from Patients' Perspectives.

Despite the fact that many of the medical outcome data of peritoneal dialysis (PD) have been improving over the past few years, PD remains an underutilized modality in many countries worldwide. Most nephrologists in those countries report a high rate of patients' refusal. We conducted this survey-based study to determine the obstacles behind underutilization of PD in Saudi Arabia from patients' perspectives and to understand the reasons for their refusal.