ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2021
Perceived difficulty in activities of daily living and survival in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.
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- Frailty risk prediction models in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from China.Renal failure · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of locomotive syndrome and associated factors in patients receiving hemodialysis.Medicine · 2025Observational
- The relationship between self-efficacy/resilience and the mental health status of hemodialysis nurses: multiple mediation effects of insomnia and fatigue.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Hemodialysis Treatment Influences Postoperative Activities of Daily Living Improvement for Patients with Hip Fractures.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Decreased Physical and Daily Living Activities in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease on Hemodialysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Activity of daily life dependency predicts the risk of mortality in patients with COVID-19 undergoing hemodialysis: a retrospective analysis of a single center with nosocomial outbreak.Renal replacement therapy · 2022Article
- Prognostic value of functional capacity assessed by the Glittre Activities of Daily Living test in hemodialysis patients: a prospective observational study.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaObservational
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Abstract
purposeMost patients receiving hemodialysis have perceived difficulty in mobility tasks, such as basic activities of daily living (ADL), ambulation, and walking up or down stairs, even if they can ambulate independently. Perceived difficulty in performing ADL (ADL difficulty) is reportedly a useful predictor of mortality in older community-dwelling people. However, very few studies have examined the association of ADL difficulty with clinical outcomes in patients receiving hemodialysis. This study aimed to identify the association between ADL difficulty related to mobility tasks of lower limbs and all-cause mortality in patients receiving hemodialysis who are able to ambulate independently.
methodsThis retrospective study analyzed 300 clinically stable outpatients (median age, 65.0 years) receiving hemodialysis. ADL difficulty was evaluated at baseline with a novel questionnaire developed for patients receiving hemodialysis. Lower scores indicated lower ADL, i.e., greater ADL difficulty. The patients were divided into two groups by the median ADL score: a higher ADL group and a lower ADL group. The association between ADL difficulty and all-cause mortality was estimated by Cox regression analyses.
resultsMedian follow-up duration was 58 months. The incident rates were 0.02 per person-year in the higher ADL group and 0.06 per person-year in the lower ADL group (P < 0.001). After adjusting for the effects of clinical characteristics, the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality in the lower ADL group was 2.70 (95% confidence interval 1.57-4.64) compared with that in the higher ADL group.
conclusionsPerceived difficulty in mobility tasks was independently associated with all-cause mortality among ambulatory patients receiving hemodialysis.
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