Association Between a Self-Rated Health Question and Mortality in Young and Old Dialysis Patients: A Cohort Study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Thong, Melissa S Y ^a   Kaptein, Adrian A ^a   Benyamini, Yael ^b   Krediet, Raymond T ^c   Boeschoten, Elisabeth W ^d   Dekker, Friedo W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Hans Mak Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age interaction; dialysis; mortality; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45449097445     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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