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To explore the experiences of safety of adult patients during their haemodialysis treatment.

Haemodialysis is a complex treatment with a risk for harm that causes anxiety among many patients. To date, no in‐depth study of haemodialysis patients’ emotional responses to conditions of their treatment exists.

A descriptive exploratory qualitative study using content analysis was conducted.

Outpatients (≥18 years old) (n = 12) who were treated with haemodialysis for more than half a year were purposefully selected from two haemodialysis units (one in an academic hospital and one in a top clinical hospital) in the Netherlands. Data were collected through in‐depth individual interviews from January–April 2013. Analysis of the transcribed interviews consisted of open coding, creating categories and synthesis.

Patients defined ‘safety’ as feeling safe from physical or …