Quality of life with conservative care compared with assisted peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis.

Journal: Clinical kidney journal
Published Date: Jul 20, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is little information about quality of life (QoL) for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) choosing conservative kidney management (CKM). The Frail and Elderly Patients on Dialysis (FEPOD) study demonstrated that frailty was associated with poorer QoL outcomes with little difference between dialysis modalities [assisted peritoneal dialysis (aPD) or haemodialysis (HD)]. We therefore extended the FEPOD study to include CKM patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤10 mL/min/1.73 m (i.e. individuals with ESKD otherwise likely to be managed with dialysis).

Authors

  • Osasuyi Iyasere
    John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
  • Edwina A Brown
    Imperial College Renal and Transplant centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
  • Lina Johansson
    Imperial College Renal and Transplant centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
  • Andrew Davenport
    UCL Department of Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK.
  • Ken Farrington
    Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
  • Alexander P Maxwell
    Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, UK.
  • Helen Collinson
    Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK.
  • Stanley Fan
    Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
  • Ann-Marie Habib
    St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, UK.
  • John Stoves
    Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Bradford, UK.
  • Graham Woodrow
    St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK.

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