Pruritus and Patient Reported Outcomes in Non-Dialysis CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Among patients on hemodialysis, pruritus has been associated with poorer mental and physical quality of life, sleep quality, depression, and mortality. We evaluated patients with nondialysis CKD to describe the prevalence of pruritus, identify associated factors, and investigate associations with patient-reported outcomes.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Using cross-sectional data from patient questionnaires in the CKD Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (CKDopps), we asked patients with CKD stages 3-5 (nondialysis) from the United States, Brazil, and France to identify how much they were bothered by pruritus. Response options ranged from "not at all" to "extremely." Log-Poisson regression, yielding prevalence ratios, was used to eval

SUBMITTER: Sukul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500934 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature