Effect of online hemodiafiltration compared with hemodialysis on quality of life in patients with ESRD: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is related to high morbidity, mortality, and impaired health-related quality of life. While hemodialysis (HD) is the current life-saving standard of treatment for patients with ESRD, their quality of life (QoL) remains far from desirable. Online HDF (OL-HDF), due to its convenience, could improve the QoL of patients with ESRD, however, this remains uncertain.

Objective

We aimed to assess the body of evidence of OL-HDF compared to HD regarding QoL in patients with ESRD.

Methods

We comprehensively searched in multiple data bases from their inception to February 2018. Reviewers working independently and in duplicate appraised the quality and included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated, in patients with ESRD and HD

SUBMITTER: Suwabe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193628 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature