Abstract: Objective  To explore the potential categories and influencing factors of benefit finding in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.  Methods  A total of 308 PD patients who were followed up in the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University were selected as the study subjects. The general data questionnaire, Benefit Finding Scale, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale, The Conor-Davidson Resilience Scale and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire were used for questionnaire survey. Latent profile analysis was used to explore the potential categories of benefit finding in PD patients. Ordinal and multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of each potential category.   Results  The benefit finding of PD patients can be divided into three potential categories: low benefit-family care deficiency group (52.9%), medium benefit-high acceptance group (38.0%) and high benefit-high personal growth group (9.1%). The results of regression analysis showed that the medical coping styles of facing (OR=1.245, 95% CI:1.115～1.390, P＜.001), yielding (OR=1.124, 95% CI:1.039～1.215, P=0.003), avoiding (OR=1.186, 95% CI:1.060～1.326, P=0.003), psychological resilience (OR=1.063, 95% CI:1.033～1.093, P＜0.001) and dialysis age (OR=0.170, 95% CI:0.069～0.413, P＜0.001) were the influencing factors for potential categories of benefit finding in PD patients.  Conclusion   There are obvious differences in the sense of benefit finding among PD patients. Clinical staff should formulate individualized intervention strategies according to different categories and characteristics.

Key words: Peritoneal dialysis, Benefit finding, Latent profile analysis