Health-related quality of life and symptom burden in patients on haemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients on haemodialysis (HD) generally experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and a broad range of physical and mental symptoms, but it is unknown whether this differs between younger and older patients. We aimed to describe the trajectories of HRQoL and symptom burden of patients <70 and ≥70 years old and to assess the impact of symptom burden on HRQoL.

Methods

In incident Dutch HD patients, HRQoL and symptoms were measured with the 12-item Short Form Health Survey and Dialysis Symptom Index. We used linear mixed models for examining the trajectories of HRQoL and symptom burden during the first year of dialysis and linear regression for the impact of symptom burden on HRQoL.

Results

In 774 patients, the trajectories of physical HRQoL, men

SUBMITTER: van Oevelen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899770 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature