Quality of Life before and after the Start of Dialysis in Older Patients.

Esther N M de Rooij Yvette MeulemanJohan W de FijterSaskia Le CessieKitty J JagerNicholas C ChesnayeMarie EvansAgneta A PagelsFergus J CaskeyClaudia TorinoGaetana PortoMaciej SzymczakChristiane DrechslerChristoph WannerFriedo W DekkerEllen K Hoogeveennull null

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2022)

Patients experienced a clinically relevant decline of both mental and physical health-related quality of life before dialysis initiation, which stabilized thereafter. These results may help inform older patients with kidney failure who decided to start dialysis.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
mental health
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
community dwelling
patient reported