Quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Central and Southern Italy: cross-sectional comparison between Hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion (HFR) and Bicarbonate Hemodialysis.

Autor:	Borrelli S, Minutolo R, De Nicola L, De Simone W, De Simone E, Zito B, Di Iorio BR, Di Micco L, Leone L, Bassi A, Romano A, Porcu MC, Fini R, Vezza E, Saviano C, D'Apice L, Simonelli R, Bellizzi V, Palladino G, Credendino O, Genualdo R, Capuano M, Guastaferro P, Nigro F, Stranges V, Iuianiello G, Russo FS, Auricchio MR, Treglia A, Palombo P, Rifici N, Nacca R, Caliendo A, Brancaccio S, Conte G
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia [G Ital Nefrol] 2016 May-Jun; Vol. 33 (3).
Abstrakt:	Introduction: in hemodialysis (HD) patients, poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) is prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes. HR-QoL is strictly linked to nutritional status of HD patients. Hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion (HFR) is an alternative dialysis technique that combines diffusion, convection and absorption. It reduces burden of inflammation and malnutrition and this effect may cause beneficial effect on HR-QoL. However no data on HR-QoL in HFR is currently available. Methods: we designed a cross-sectional multicentre study in order to compare the HR-QoL in patients treated with HFR versus Bicarbonate HD (BHD). We enrolled adult patients HFR treated for at least 6 months, with life expectancy greater than six months and without overt cognitive deficit. The recruited patients in HFR were matched for age, gender, dialytic vintage and performance in activities of daily living (Barthel index) with BHD treated patients. SF-36 questionnaire for the assessment of HR-QoL was administered. Results: one hundred fourteen patients (57 HFR vs 57 BHD) were enrolled (age 65.413.5 years; dialysis vintage 5.4 (3.3-10.3) years; 53% males) from 18 dialysis non-profit centres in central and southern Italy. As result of matching, no difference in age, gender, dialytic age and Barthel index was found between HFR and BHD patients. In HFR patients we observed better values of physical component score (PCS) of SF-36 than BHD patients (P=0.048), whereas no significant difference emerged in the mental component score (P=0.698). In particular HFR patients were associated with higher Physical Functioning (P=0.045) and Role Physical (P=0.027). Conclusions: HFR is associated with better physical component of HR-QoL than BHD, independently of age, gender, dialysis vintage and invalidity score. Whether these findings translate into a survival benefit must be investigated by longitudinal studies.
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