Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia

• Vasi Naganathan,
• Sarah Joy Aitken,
• Bethany Miriam Stavert,
• Susan Monaro,
• Lisa Tienstra

Affiliations

Vasi Naganathan

3 Centre for Education and Research on Ageing Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia and Ageing and Alzheimer’s Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney Ageing and Alzheimer’s Institute Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia

Sarah Joy Aitken

Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Bethany Miriam Stavert

Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Susan Monaro

Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lisa Tienstra

Renal Medicine Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia