ArticleBMC nephrology2024
Better health-related quality of life is associated with prolonged survival and reduced hospitalization risk among dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients: a historical cohort study.
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- Assessing Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients in Kazakhstan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Sex-related Differences in Health Related Quality of Life Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Review
- Depression and social frailty in elderly patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: multiple mediating roles of bidirectional social support and personal mastery.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Oral health status and quality of life in female patients receiving low dose bone-modifying agents for cancer treatment-induced bone loss: a single-center exploratory study.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectiveEnd-stage kidney disease (ESKD) negatively affects patients' physical, emotional, and social functioning. Furthermore, adjustment to dialysis require substantial lifestyle changes that may further impact on patients physical and emotional well-being. However, the relationship between Health-Related Quality of life impairment with future adverse outcomes in dialysis is not well characterized. Our study aims to investigate the relationship between Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and patients' survival and hospitalization rates within a large European dialysis network.
methodsA historical cohort study was conducted to evaluate association of HRQoL with hospitalization and mortality rates over a 12-month follow-up period. Patients responded to a self-administered survey as part of a Continuous Quality Improvement Program implemented in clinics affiliated with the Spanish FMC-Nephrocare organization. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) was measured with the KDQOL-36. Potential confounders included socio-demographic characteristics, comorbidities, biochemical parameters, dialysis treatment. We used Cox's Proportional Hazard regression to assess the hazard of death and Logistic Regression to assess the likelihood of hospital admissions during 12-month follow-up period.
resultsA total of 2280 (51.5%) completed the self-administrated survey, and 1838 patients met the inclusion/exclusion criteria of the study. Higher HRQoL scores were associated with significantly lower mortality and hospitalization risk. Risk estimates were robust to adjustment for potential confounders.
conclusionsSeveral dimensions of HRQoL are associated with patient-centered outcomes (i.e., mortality and hospitalizations at 1 year). Patient-Reported Outcomes contribute unique pieces of information characterizing patients' health. Residual confounding cannot be fully ruled out; moreover, the high attrition rate could result in selection bias, which may limit the generalizability of the findings to a broader population.
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