The psychosocial literature focused primarily on examining relationships among self-care and psychosocial indicators
including quality of life, depression, adjustment and empowerment. Results of these studies suggested that, in general, selfcare was associated with positive psychosocial indicators and
that people on home dialysis or performing their own treatment
in a dialysis unit (in-centre self-care) had higher role, social and
psychological functioning, as compared with those dialyzing in
a hospital setting