Quality of Life and Physical Function in Older Patients on Dialysis | Zendy

Osasuyi Iyasere | Zendy; Edwina A. Brown | Zendy; Lina Johansson | Zendy; Les Huson | Zendy; Joanna Smee | Zendy; Alexander P. Maxwell | Zendy; Ken Farrington | Zendy; Andrew Davenport | Zendy

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Quality of Life and Physical Function in Older Patients on Dialysis

Author(s) -

Osasuyi Iyasere,

Edwina A. Brown,

Lina Johansson,

Les Huson,

Joanna Smee,

Alexander P. Maxwell,

Ken Farrington,

Andrew Davenport

Publication year - 2015

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.01050115

Subject(s) - medicine , hospital anxiety and depression scale , quality of life (healthcare) , hemodialysis , dialysis , peritoneal dialysis , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , physical therapy , comorbidity , anxiety , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , nursing , economics , macroeconomics

In-center hemodialysis (HD) is often the default dialysis modality for older patients. Few centers use assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD), which enables treatment at home. This observational study compared quality of life (QoL) and physical function between older patients on assisted PD and HD.

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