Table 3.
Changes in HrQoL over time*
| All (n = 5114) | In-center to in-cente (n=4179) | Home to home(n=814) | In-center to home(n=55) | Home to in-center(n=66) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDQOL subscales | Period 1 | Period 2 | 95% CI | Period 1 | Period 2 | 95% CI | Period 1 | Period 2 | 95% CI | Period 1 | Period 2 | 95% CI | Period 1 | Period 2 | 95% CI |
| PCS | 38.6 (10.4) | 38.7 (10.7) | (-0.6, 0.3) | 38 (10.3) | 38.4 (10.7) | (-0.9, 0.0) | 41.1 (10.5) | 40.2 (10.6) | (-0.1, 1.9) | 38.5 (9.9) | 38.5 (10.1) | (-3.8, 3.7) | 41.7** (10.4) | 38** (10.6) | (0.1, 7.3) |
| MCS | 51.7 (10) | 52 (9.9) | (-0.6, 0.1) | 51.8 (10) | 52 (9.9) | (-0.6, 0.2) | 51.5 (9.7) | 52.1 (9.8) | (-1.6, 0.3) | 51.1 (9.9) | 49.1 (9.8) | (-1.7, 5.7) | 50.4 (10.2) | 50.8 (9.9) | (-3.9, 3.1) |
| SPS | 81.3 (14.1) | 80.7 (14.3) | (-0.2, 0.9) | 80.7 (14.2) | 80.4 (14.4) | (-0.4, 0.9) | 82.8 (13.2) | 81.6 (13.8) | (-0.2, 2.5) | 78.4 (15) | 80.2 (12.7) | (-7.0, 3.5) | 81.3 (15.4) | 82.6 (13.3) | (-6.2, 3.7) |
| BKD | 54 (28) | 54.6 (28.5) | (-1.6, 0.6) | 53.3 (28) | 53.8 (28.6) | (-1.7, 0.7) | 58 (27.7) | 58.4 (27.8) | (-3.1, 2.3) | 49.2 (30.9) | 56.1 (29.1) | (-18.3, 4.4) | 57.1 (26.7) | 53.5 (27.6) | (-5.8, 13.0) |
| EKD | 77.2 (19.8) | 77.6 (19.8) | (-1.1, 0.4) | 76.7 (20.1) | 77.2 (20.1) | (-1.3, 0.4) | 79.9 (17.6) | 79.8 (17.8) | (-1.6, 1.8) | 71.4 (22.8) | 76.9 (19.6) | (-13.6, 2.4) | 76.9 (19.2) | 77.9 (19) | (-7.6, 5.6) |
*Continuous variables are presented as mean (± standard deviation); Period 1 = Day 0 to 120 days after dialysis initiation, Period 2 = Day 365 to 485 after dialysis initiation; CI Confidence interval; KDQOL Kidney Disease and Quality of Life, PCS Physical Component Summary, MCS Mental Component Summary, SPS Symptom/Problems, BKD Burden of Kidney Disease, EKD Effects of Kidney Disease. **Change in score statistically significant (p < 0.05)