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A simple risk score predicts poor quality of life and non-survival at 1 year follow-up in dialysis patients
- Source :
- Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 18(12), 2622-2628. Oxford University Press
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Abstract
- Background. Quality of life (QoL) in end-stage renal disease patients has become an important focus of attention in evaluating dialysis. We studied risk factors of poor QoL at 1 year follow-up.Methods. Of a baseline sample of 80 dialysis patients, we contacted 60 patients who were alive at 1 year follow-up. QoL data were obtained for 46 (76.7%) of these patients. QoL measured with the SF-36 [physical health component score (PCS) and mental health component score (MCS)] at 1 year-follow-up was predicted by means of multivariate regression analysis by data collected at baseline using INTERMED-an observer-rated method to assess biopsychosocial care needs-and several indicators for disease severity and comorbidity.Results. The regression models explained 32% of the variance in PCS and 40% in MCS. INTERMED score (P Conclusions. A simple risk score based on INTERMED, age (greater than or equal to 65) and comorbid diabetes (yes/no) can be used to detect patients at risk of poor QoL and non-survival at an early stage of treatment.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
HEMODIALYSIS
Adolescent
SF-36
medicine.medical_treatment
SF36
End stage renal disease
Quality of life
Predictive Value of Tests
Renal Dialysis
Internal medicine
Severity of illness
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Medicine
FAILURE
Risk factor
Dialysis
Aged
Transplantation
Framingham Risk Score
end-stage renal disease
INSTRUMENT
business.industry
STAGE RENAL-DISEASE
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Survival Analysis
Comorbidity
humanities
INTERMED
HEALTH-SERVICE NEEDS
quality of life
Nephrology
Physical therapy
Kidney Failure, Chronic
dialysis
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14602385 and 09310509
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....363cc7c4f2779f060073d83f5749651f