Journal article
Patients receiving frequent hemodialysis have better health-related quality of life compared to patients receiving conventional hemodialysis
Abstract
Most patients with end-stage kidney disease value their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and want to know how it will be affected by their dialysis modality. We extended the findings of two prior clinical trial reports to estimate the effects of frequent compared to conventional hemodialysis on additional measures of HRQoL. The Daily Trial randomly assigned 245 patients to receive frequent (six times per week) or conventional (three times …
Authors
Garg AX; Suri RS; Eggers P; Finkelstein FO; Greene T; Kimmel PL; Kliger AS; Larive B; Lindsay RM; Pierratos A
Journal
Kidney International, Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 746–754
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.kint.2016.10.033
ISSN
0085-2538