Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal
Abstract Objective Non-dialytic conservative care is argued to be a reasonable treatment alternative for dialysis in selected older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. We evaluated patient-relevant outcomes including health-related quality of life in a previous study. However, the scoring...
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| author | Wouter R. Verberne Janneke Dijkers Johannes C. Kelder Wilbert T. Jellema Johannes J. M. van Delden Willem Jan W. Bos |
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| description | Abstract Objective Non-dialytic conservative care is argued to be a reasonable treatment alternative for dialysis in selected older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. We evaluated patient-relevant outcomes including health-related quality of life in a previous study. However, the scoring algorithm we used to calculate the physical and mental component summary scores of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) turned out to differ from comparable studies on this topic. The aim of this critical appraisal was to reanalyze the SF-36 summary scores in our patient cohort (≥ 70 years) using the more widely used scoring algorithm. Results Patients on conservative care (n = 23) had lower physical and mental component summary scores compared to patients not yet started on dialysis (n = 39), but similar compared to patients on dialysis (n = 34). These findings were similar to our original findings and did not change the conclusions. Several scoring algorithms are used for the SF-36 summary scores. Researchers should be aware of this fact and should use the same scoring algorithm across similar studies in a specific field to increase comparability. Using the more widely used scoring algorithm, the recalculated SF-36 summary scores of our patient cohort can now be compared to other studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0ebce5b7212479fa2fd6bdc0ae66b452022-12-21T18:13:55ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002019-11-011211510.1186/s13104-019-4765-3Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisalWouter R. Verberne0Janneke Dijkers1Johannes C. Kelder2Wilbert T. Jellema3Johannes J. M. van Delden4Willem Jan W. Bos5Department of Internal Medicine, St Antonius HospitalDepartment of Internal Medicine, St Antonius HospitalDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, St Antonius HospitalDepartment of Internal Medicine, St Antonius HospitalJulius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre UtrechtDepartment of Internal Medicine, St Antonius HospitalAbstract Objective Non-dialytic conservative care is argued to be a reasonable treatment alternative for dialysis in selected older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. We evaluated patient-relevant outcomes including health-related quality of life in a previous study. However, the scoring algorithm we used to calculate the physical and mental component summary scores of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) turned out to differ from comparable studies on this topic. The aim of this critical appraisal was to reanalyze the SF-36 summary scores in our patient cohort (≥ 70 years) using the more widely used scoring algorithm. Results Patients on conservative care (n = 23) had lower physical and mental component summary scores compared to patients not yet started on dialysis (n = 39), but similar compared to patients on dialysis (n = 34). These findings were similar to our original findings and did not change the conclusions. Several scoring algorithms are used for the SF-36 summary scores. Researchers should be aware of this fact and should use the same scoring algorithm across similar studies in a specific field to increase comparability. Using the more widely used scoring algorithm, the recalculated SF-36 summary scores of our patient cohort can now be compared to other studies.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4765-3Health-related quality of lifeAgedChronic kidney failureRenal dialysisConservative treatment |
| spellingShingle | Wouter R. Verberne Janneke Dijkers Johannes C. Kelder Wilbert T. Jellema Johannes J. M. van Delden Willem Jan W. Bos Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal BMC Research Notes Health-related quality of life Aged Chronic kidney failure Renal dialysis Conservative treatment |
| title | Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal |
| title_full | Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal |
| title_fullStr | Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal |
| title_short | Reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a critical appraisal |
| title_sort | reanalysis of the physical and mental health summary scores of dialysis versus conservative care in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease a critical appraisal |
| topic | Health-related quality of life Aged Chronic kidney failure Renal dialysis Conservative treatment |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4765-3 |
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