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| Title |
Patterns of health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese patients undergoing haemodialysis
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-015-0308-3 |
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| Authors |
Eric Y. F. Wan, Julie Y. Chen, Edmond P. H. Choi, Carlos K. H. Wong, Anca K. C. Chan, Karina H. Y. Chan, Cindy L. K. Lam |
| Abstract |
Haemodialysis (HD) is a life-saving but burdensome therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) which can have a detrimental impact on patients' quality of life and outcomes. There is currently little data on the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of Chinese ESRD patients undergoing HD and this study sought to examine the patterns of HRQOL and its associated factors within this population, as well as in comparison with the general local population. A cross-sectional study of 244 ESRD patients receiving HD in the hospital and in the community in Hong Kong was conducted using the Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2). All study subjects were one-to-one matched with subjects in a Hong Kong general population database by sex and exact age. Independent t-tests were performed to compare the mean SF-12v2 scores between HD patients and the general population, followed by one-way analysis of variance with post hoc Tukey's HSD tests to compare community-based haemodialysis, hospital-based haemodialysis and the general population. Multiple linear regressions were used to identify the factors (socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and comorbidities) associated with the HRQOL scores of ESRD patients receiving HD. The SF-12v2 Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health and Physical Component Summary scores of HD patients were significantly lower than the age-sex adjusted general population. However, the SF-12v2 Mental Health and Mental Component Summary scores of HD patients were significantly higher than the corresponding general population. Poorer HRQOL was associated with being female, smoking, unemployment and hospital-based haemodialysis. HD patients had substantially poorer physical HRQOL but better mental HRQOL than the age-sex adjusted general population. Patients receiving HD in the community setting had better HRQOL. Reasons for these observations will need to be further investigated. Those patients who are female, smokers and unemployed may warrant more attention as their poorer HRQOL may be associated with poorer outcomes. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 112 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 43 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 21% |
| Psychology | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 47 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2015.
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#7,009,265
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Outputs from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#820
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#81,330
of 263,803 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#13
of 58 outputs
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