Open AccessPill Burden, Adherence, Hyperphosphatemia, and Quality of Life in Maintenance Dialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Yi-Wen Chiu,
Isaac Teitelbaum,
Madhukar Misra,
Essel Marie de Leon,
Tochi Adzize,
Rajnish Mehrotra
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.00290109
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , quality of life (healthcare) , dialysis , hyperphosphatemia , multivariate analysis , disease burden , kidney disease , disease , pharmacology , nursing
Dialysis patients have a high burden of co-existing diseases, poor health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), and are prescribed many medications. There are no data on daily pill burden and its relationship to HR-QOL and adherence to therapy.
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