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Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease
BACKGROUND: Frailty is independently associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relationship between frailty and symptom experience is not well described in people living with CKD. This study’s aim was to evaluate the relationship betwe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02063-6 |
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author | Nixon, A. C. Wilkinson, T. J. Young, H.M.L. Taal, M. W. Pendleton, N. Mitra, S. Brady, M. E. Dhaygude, A. P. Smith, A. C. |
author_facet | Nixon, A. C. Wilkinson, T. J. Young, H.M.L. Taal, M. W. Pendleton, N. Mitra, S. Brady, M. E. Dhaygude, A. P. Smith, A. C. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Frailty is independently associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relationship between frailty and symptom experience is not well described in people living with CKD. This study’s aim was to evaluate the relationship between frailty and symptom-burden in CKD. METHODS: This study is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional observational study, the QCKD study (ISRCTN87066351), in which participants completed physical activity, cardiopulmonary fitness, symptom-burden and HRQOL questionnaires. A modified version of the Frailty Phenotype, comprising 3 self-report components, was created to assess frailty status. Multiple linear regression was performed to assess the association between symptom-burden/HRQOL and frailty. Logistic regression was performed to assess the association between experiencing symptoms frequently and frailty. Principal Component Analysis was used to assess the experienced symptom clusters. RESULTS: A total of 353 patients with CKD were recruited with 225 (64%) participants categorised as frail. Frail participants reported more symptoms, had higher symptom scores and worse HRQOL scores. Frailty was independently associated with higher total symptom score and lower HRQOL scores. Frailty was also independently associated with higher odds of frequently experiencing 9 out of 12 reported symptoms. Finally, frail participants experienced an additional symptom cluster that included loss of appetite, tiredness, feeling cold and poor concentration. CONCLUSIONS: Frailty is independently associated with high symptom-burden and poor HRQOL in CKD. Moreover, people living with frailty and CKD have a distinctive symptom experience. Proactive interventions are needed that can effectively identify and address problematic symptoms to mitigate their impact on HRQOL. |
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spelling | pubmed-75134842020-09-25 Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease Nixon, A. C. Wilkinson, T. J. Young, H.M.L. Taal, M. W. Pendleton, N. Mitra, S. Brady, M. E. Dhaygude, A. P. Smith, A. C. BMC Nephrol Research Article BACKGROUND: Frailty is independently associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the relationship between frailty and symptom experience is not well described in people living with CKD. This study’s aim was to evaluate the relationship between frailty and symptom-burden in CKD. METHODS: This study is a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional observational study, the QCKD study (ISRCTN87066351), in which participants completed physical activity, cardiopulmonary fitness, symptom-burden and HRQOL questionnaires. A modified version of the Frailty Phenotype, comprising 3 self-report components, was created to assess frailty status. Multiple linear regression was performed to assess the association between symptom-burden/HRQOL and frailty. Logistic regression was performed to assess the association between experiencing symptoms frequently and frailty. Principal Component Analysis was used to assess the experienced symptom clusters. RESULTS: A total of 353 patients with CKD were recruited with 225 (64%) participants categorised as frail. Frail participants reported more symptoms, had higher symptom scores and worse HRQOL scores. Frailty was independently associated with higher total symptom score and lower HRQOL scores. Frailty was also independently associated with higher odds of frequently experiencing 9 out of 12 reported symptoms. Finally, frail participants experienced an additional symptom cluster that included loss of appetite, tiredness, feeling cold and poor concentration. CONCLUSIONS: Frailty is independently associated with high symptom-burden and poor HRQOL in CKD. Moreover, people living with frailty and CKD have a distinctive symptom experience. Proactive interventions are needed that can effectively identify and address problematic symptoms to mitigate their impact on HRQOL. BioMed Central 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7513484/ /pubmed/32967630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02063-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nixon, A. C. Wilkinson, T. J. Young, H.M.L. Taal, M. W. Pendleton, N. Mitra, S. Brady, M. E. Dhaygude, A. P. Smith, A. C. Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title | Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title_full | Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title_fullStr | Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title_short | Symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
title_sort | symptom-burden in people living with frailty and chronic kidney disease |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02063-6 |
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