| Theme | PD for elderly patients -- current status of "assisted PD" and its future perspective in Japan | |
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| Title | The QOL and ADL in the elderly hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients | |
| Publish Date | 2016/09 | |
| Author | Hidekazu Iida | Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University |
| Author | Takeshi Hasegawa | Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University / Office for Promoting Medical Research, Showa University/Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Health related QOL and ADL are important factors in predicting both mortality and hospitalization rates. Health related QOL and ADL for dialysis patients are low compared to the general population, even those with other chronic diseases. There are no significant differences between HD and PD patients in most health related QOL or ADL studies, which are primarily observational. Elderly dialysis patients are rarely independent in terms of ADL or IADL (HD:5 %, PD:11 %). It is not clear which treatment modality terms of is better in health related QOL or ADL. |
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