ArticleClinical kidney journal2025
Quality of life trajectories for different dialysis modalities-a nationwide study.
Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Percutaneous versus laparoscopic catheter placement for peritoneal dialysis: a meta-analysis.BMC nephrology · 2025Pooled it
- Latent profile analysis identifying symptom clusters of fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain, and anxiety and their associations with health-related quality of life and self-efficacy in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Kidney-therapy decision-making among older adults and caregivers: treatment beliefs, prognostic information, and health priorities.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- The Swedish Renal Registry: a nationwide registry for chronic kidney disease of all stages.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Few contemporary studies have investigated the changes in quality of life across dialysis modalities. Our aim was to compare longitudinal changes in health-related physical and mental quality of life between patients on institutional hemodialysis (IHD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HHD). Methods: Patients on dialysis with registered Research and Development 36 (RAND-36) questionnaires between 2017-2021 in the Swedish Renal Registry (SRR) were eligible for inclusion. Information on dialysis, patient characteristics and medication were collected from SRR and other registries. Patients were followed up to 39 months. Changes in physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores were analyzed in adjusted linear mixed models and joint models. Results: We included 930 patients (IHD 714, PD 128, HHD 88) with a median follow-up of 1.8 years (interquartile range 1.0-2.1). At baseline, the mean unadjusted PCS was lower in IHD (30.7; 95% CI 29.9, 31.4) compared with HHD (35.3; 95% CI 33.0, 37.5) and PD (33.2; 95% CI 31.3, 35.1). PCS declined over time in all modalities, but faster for PD compared with IHD (-1.2; 95% CI -2.1, -0.3 per year) and HHD (-1.5, 95% CI -2.9, -0.04). MCS was similar at baseline. HHD had improving MCS trajectory compared to IHD (-1.5, 95% CI -2.8, 0.2) and PD (-2.3, 95% CI -3.9, 0.7), largely resulting from improvement in role limitations caused by mental health (6.2, 95% CI 0.9, 11.5). Conclusion: Insights about the variation in quality-of-life trajectories for different dialysis modalities are important for patients to make informed choices.
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