Table 3.
Measure | Instrument |
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Patient-Reported Outcomes | |
Primary care coordination | Primary Care Assessment Survey |
Quality of life | Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36) |
Management of chronic disease | Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease |
Knowledge of hemodialysis | Chronic Hemodialysis Knowledge Survey |
Depression Screening | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 |
Medication compliance | Morisky Medication Adherence |
Patient satisfaction with dialysis care | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System: In-center Hemodialysis Survey |
Fluid and dietary compliance | Renal Adherence Attitudes Questionnaire |
Renal Adherence Behavior Questionnaire | |
Comorbidities | Patient intake form |
Dialysis history | Patient intake form |
Clinical Outcomes | |
Primary disease prevention | Receipt of age-appropriate cancer screenings |
Receipt of recommended vaccinations | |
Bone densitometry | |
Periodontal disease | |
Secondary disease prevention | Hemoglobin A1c measurement |
Receipt of aspirin and/or beta-blockers | |
Permanent vascular access | Type of access: fistula, graft, or catheter |
Dialysis adequacy | Kt/V |
Interdialytic weight gain (kg) | |
Pre-and post-dialysis weight (kg) | |
Urea reduction ratio | |
Nutrition status | Serum albumin |
Anemia management | Serum hemoglobin |
Serum ferritin | |
Serum transferrin saturation | |
Bone and mineral metabolism and electrolytes | Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) |
Serum phosphorus | |
Serum calcium | |
Serum potassium | |
Other | Pre- and post-dialysis systolic and diastolic blood pressure |
Blood stream infections | |
Treatment compliance: missed dialysis treatments or failure to complete entire dialysis treatment | |
Current medications | |
Status on transplant list (yes/no) | |
Health Care Use | |
Health care utilization | Number of inpatient hospital admissions |
Number of readmissions to hospital within 30 days of discharge | |
Number of avoidable hospitalizations | |
Number of emergency room visits | |
Staff Perceptions | |
Dialysis Team Cohesiveness | Healthcare Team Vitality Instrument |