Effect of dialysis modality on frailty phenotype, disability, and health-related quality of life in maintenance dialysis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) surveys are needed to evaluate regional and ethnic specificies. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the differences in HRQoL, frailty, and disability according to dialysis modality in the Korean population.

Patients and methods

We enrolled relatively stable maintenance dialysis patients. A total of 1,616 patients were recruited into our study. The demographic and laboratory data collected at enrollment included age, sex, comorbidities, frailty, disability, and HRQoL scales.

Results

A total of 1,250 and 366 participants underwent hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD), respectively. The numbers of participants with pre-frailty and frailty were 578 (46.2%) and 422 (33.8%) in HD patients, and 165 (45.1%)

SUBMITTER: Kang SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415130 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature