Comorbidity is not associated with dialysis modality choice in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Over the past years the proportion of home dialysis patients has decreased in the Netherlands. In addition, the home dialysis use varies significantly among centres. It is unclear whether this is the result of differences in comorbidity, or other factors. Our aim was to investigate the association between comorbidity and dialysis modality choice.

Methods

The multi-centre DOMESTICO cohort study collected comorbidity data of patients who started dialysis in 35 Dutch centres from 2012 to 2016. Comorbidity was assessed by the Charlson comorbidity index. Home dialysis was defined as any peritoneal dialysis or home haemodialysis treatment during follow-up. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between comorbidity and dialysis modality, w

SUBMITTER: Bonenkamp AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315144 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature