Factors Associated with Functional Performance among Patients on Hemodialysis in Taiwan
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Blood Weekly -- New research on Dialysis - Hemodialysis is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “We investigated factors associated with functional performance in hemodialysis (HD) patients as well as their relationships with mortality. We enrolled 790 HD patients who were followed up from 2009 to 2013.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Chang Gung University College of Medicine, “Functional performance was evaluated by Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) scores. We examined the associations of clinical variables and all-cause mortality with KPSS scores. Of the participants, 460 had high KPSS scores (range 90-100) and 330 had low KPSS scores (below 80). On multivariate analysis, age and weekly HD sessions were associated with significantly increased odds of a lower KPSS score (age: OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.04-1.07, p<0.001; weekly HD: OR 2.10, 95% CI 1.37-3.21, p=0.001). A low KPSS score was a significant predictor of increased all-cause mortality (hazard ratio 1.49; 95% CI 1.02-2.16, p=0.037), as determined using Cox regression analysis.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Functional performance was associated with clinical variables and all-cause mortality in HD patients.”
For more information on this research see: Factors Associated with Functional Performance among Patients on Hemodialysis in Taiwan. Blood Purification , 2018;46(1):12-18. (Karger - http://www.karger.com/; Blood Purification - http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=JournalHome&ProduktNr=223997)
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Y.C. Lai, Division of Nephrology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include C.Y. Wang, S.H. Moi, C.H. Wu, C.H. Yang and J.B Chen.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1159/000486233. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-26), New Hemodialysis Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Chang Gung University College of Medicine (Factors Associated with Functional Performance among Patients on Hemodialysis in Taiwan), Blood Weekly, 165, ISSN: 1532-4559, BUTTER® ID: 015525832
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