Quality of life and alternate nightly nocturnal home hemodialysis

• Published in: Hemodialysis international Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 29 - 38
• Main Authors: VAN EPS, Carolyn L., JEFFRIES, Janine K., JOHNSON, David W., CAMPBELL, Scott B., ISBEL, Nicole M., MUDGE, David W., HAWLEY, Carmel M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.01.2010
• Subjects: 6-minute-walk test; Circadian Rhythm; Cohort Studies; Female; hemodialysis; Hemodialysis, Home - methods; Hemodialysis, Home - psychology; Humans; KDQOL; Kidney Failure, Chronic - psychology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; nocturnal; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; quotidian; Surveys and Questionnaires

Hemodialysis has been associated with reduced quality of life (QOL). Small cohort studies of quotidian hemodialysis regimens suggest general QOL and dialysis‐related symptoms may improve compared with conventional regimens. An observational cohort study was conducted on 63 patients (age 51.7 ± 12.9...