Association of Self-Rated Health With Functional Limitations in Patients With CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), self-rated health ("In general, how do you rate your health?") is associated with mortality. The association of self-rated health with functional status is unknown. We evaluated the association of limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) with self-rated health and clinical correlates in a cohort of patients with CKD stages 1-5.

Study design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

Patients with CKD at a nephrology outpatient clinic in western Pennsylvania.

Outcome

Patients participated in a survey assessing their self-rated health (5-point Likert scale) and physical (ambulation, dressing, shopping) and cognitive (executive and memory) ADLs. Adjusted analysis was performed using

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515078 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature