Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2016, Vol.24, p.e2687-e2687
• Main Authors: de Oliveira, Marília Pilotto, Kusumota, Luciana, Haas, Vanderlei José, Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia Helú Mendonça, Marques, Sueli, Oller, Graziella Allana Serra Alves de Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Calidad de Vida; Diálisis Peritoneal; Enfermería; Health Status; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Kidney Diseases - mortality; Kidney Diseases - therapy; Muerte; NURSING; Peritoneal Dialysis - mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.0786.2687

to characterize deaths that occurred, and the association between socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory variables and health-related quality of life and the outcome of death in patients on peritoneal dialysis, over a two year period after an initial assessment. observational, prospective population study with 82 patients on peritoneal dialysis. The instruments used for the first stage of data collection were the mini-mental state examination, a sociodemographic, economic, clinical and laboratory questionnaire and the Kidney Disease and Quality of Life-Short Form. After two years, data for characterization and occurrence of death in the period were collected. The relative risk of death outcome was calculated through statistical analysis; the risk of death was estimated by the survival Kaplan-Meier curve, and determined predictors of death by the Cox Proportional Hazards Model. of the 82 original participants, 23 had as an outcome death within two years. The increased risk for the outcome of death was associated with a lower mean score of health-related quality of life in the physical functioning domain. the worst health-related quality of life in the physical functioning domain, could be considered a predictor of death.