Predictors and Outcomes of Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Low health-related quality of life is associated with increased mortality in patients with ESRD. However, little is known about demographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life or its effect on outcomes in adults with CKD.

Design, settings, participants, & measurements

Data from 3837 adult participants with mild to severe CKD enrolled in the prospective observational Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort and Hispanic Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Studies were analyzed. Health-related quality of life was assessed at baseline with the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 and its five subscales: mental component summary, physical component summary, burden of kidney disease (burden), effects of kidney disease (effects), and

SUBMITTER: Porter AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4934840 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature