The influence of age on changes in health-related quality of life over three years in a cohort undergoing hemodialysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1608-1617

  Unruh, Mark L ^a,b   Newman, Anne B ^b   Larive, Brett ^c   Dew, Mary Amanda ^b   Miskulin, Dana C ^d   Greene, Tom ^c   Beddhu, Srinivasan ^e,f   Rocco, Michael V ^g   Kusek, John W ^h   Meyer, Klemens B ^d  

^a Renal Electrolyte Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic health conditions; Hemodialysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249101699     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01849.x     Document Type: Article

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