Health-Related Quality of Life in Home Dialysis Patients Compared to In-Center Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Dialysis patients judge health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as an essential outcome. Remarkably, little is known about HRQoL differences between home dialysis and in-center hemodialysis (HD) patients worldwide.

Study design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting & study populations

Search strategies were performed on the Cochrane Library, Pubmed, and EMBASE databases between 2007 and 2019. Home dialysis was defined as both peritoneal dialysis and home HD.

Selection criteria for studies

Randomized controlled trials and observational studies that compared HRQoL in home dialysis patients versus in-center HD patients.

Data extraction

The data extracted by 2 authors included HRQoL scores of different questionnaires, dialysis mod

SUBMITTER: Bonenkamp AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380444 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature