SoDAS Survey

Name

Email

1. Are you a:

Dialysis Access Coordinator

Dialysis Access Nurse

General Surgeon (GS)

Interventional Cardiologist (IC)

Interventional Nephrologist (IN)

Urologist (URO)

Vascular Sonographer

Vascular Surgeon (VS)

Other:

2. Country of Practice

3. Are you in public or private service or both?

Public

Private

Both

4. How many years have you been in dialysis access related practice?

0-5 Years

6-10 Years

> 10 Years

5. Your dialysis access practice involves:

6. What is your estimate of the percentage of long term dialysis patients on HD in your country?

7. Is there a drive in your country for newly initiated dialysis patients to start on peritoneal dialysis as compared to hemodialysis?

Yes

No

Don't know

8. How would you describe the quality of service for hemodialysis access care in your city/country?

9. How would you describe the training program relating to dialysis access in your practicing country?

Minimal & Fragmented

Mainly Apprenticeship

Reasonably Structured Training

Well-structured Training Program

10. How would you describe the collaboration and interaction between you and other healthcare professionals (of different specialties from you) who also provide dialysis access
care in your institution?

Work closely and in harmony as a multi-disciplinary team

Work independently but with good verbal and written communication when required

Work independently, only using referrals and memos for communication

Work independently and sometimes in competition for service

11. Kindly rate your view on the importance of The Society’s role for dialysis access specialists and dialysis access services (1=least important, 5=very important)

1

2

3

4

5

12. Which specialty (specialties) are the main healthcare professionals providing the dialysis access services listed below? (NA = not available in your region of practice)

Platform to influence healthcare policy & health economics

NA

Central venous catheter insertion

NA

Surgical treatment of problems relating to HD access

NA

Endovascular treatment of problems relating to HD access

NA

Peritoneal dialysis catheter placement

NA

Treatment of problems relating to PD catheters (minimal invasive)

NA

13. What are the measures that you think will improve dialysis care in your country? (1-strongly agree, 2-agree, 3-equivocal, 4-disagree, 5-strongly disagree)

1

2

3

4

5

14. What percentage of HD patients had pre-emptive dialysis access created in your institution/region of practice?

15. For HD patients newly commenced on dialysis with a central venous catheter, on average how soon is a definitive HD access created and ready for cannulation at your institution?

Weeks

16. What are the measures that you think will improve dialysis care in your country? (1-strongly agree, 2-agree, 3-equivocal, 4-disagree, 5-strongly disagree)

1

2

3

4

5

17. How many HD access creations do you perform a year (approximate estimation):

Number (approx.)

Of those, what is the estimated % of grafts in your HD access practice?

What is your estimate primary failure rate?

Is treatment available to manage failure-to-mature HD access at your institution?

What % of fistulae require a secondary procedure to achieve maturation?

18. Do you routinely put your access patients into a monitoring program?

If so, how often do your routinely survey these patients?

How do you survey these patients? (Choose one or more)

19. What type of hemodialysis access cannulation does your dialysis centre practice? (choose one or more)

Rope Ladder

Button Hole

Area Puncturing

Multiple techniques

In difficult cannulations, does the unit perform ultrasound guided cannulation?

Yes

No

Don't Know

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