Abstract
Measuring the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment on patient quality of life has become increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure. Despite improvements in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is lower than in the general population. HRQOL measures, particularly the Physical Component Summary (PCS), have predictive validity for risk of both mortality and hospitalization in dialysis populations. For every 10-point lower PCS score, the relative risk (RR) of death increases by 29% (RR=1.29; 95% CI=1.23 to 1.35; p
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 473-481 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Artificial Organs |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Dialysis
- Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
- Survival
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Medicine (miscellaneous)