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. 2019 Oct 21;27(2):185–193. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz183

Table 4b.

Factors associated with technically troubled dialysis

TTD
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Predictor No Yes OR (95% CI) P P (Overall) OR (95% CI) P P (Overall)
Total Sessions 7989 1384 (14.7%)
Sentiment
 Positive 1155 367 (24.1%) 1 1
 Neutral 5155 922 (15.2%) 5.62 (4.43–7.12) <.001 <.001 2.67 (2.04–3.49) <.001 <.001
 Negative 1679 95 (5.4%) 3.16 (2.54–3.93) <.001 1.56 (1.22–2) 0.003
Age
 <40 1367 406 (22.9%) 1 1
 40–49 650 249 (27.7%) 1.29 (1.07–1.55) <.001 1.32 (1.06–1.64) <.001 <.001
 50–59 2151 590 (21.5%) 0.92 (0.8–1.07) <.001 1.06 (0.9–1.25) <.001
 60–69 1829 93 (4.8%) 0.17 (0.14–0.22) <.001 0.33 (0.25–0.42) 0.001
 70+ 1539 14 (0.9%) 0.03 (0.02–0.05) <.001 0.1 (0.05–0.17) <.001
 Missing 453 32 (6.6%) 0.24 (0.16–0.35) .03 0.37 (0.24–0.55) 0.072
Sex
 Female 1745 815 (31.8%) 1 1
 Male 6244 569 (8.4%) 5.13 (4.55–5.78) <.001 5.04 (4.37–5.82) <.001
App usage duration
 (Continuous) 7989 1384 (14.7%) 1 (0.99–1) .346 1.01 (1–1.01) 0.04
Weight Difference
 (Continuous) 7989 1384 (14.7%) 1.86 (1.76–1.97) <.001 1.86 (1.74–1.99) <.001
Blood Pressure (pre-dialysis)
 Normal 827 103 (11.1%) 1
 Low 2373 348 (12.8%) 0.85 (0.67–1.07) .006 <.001
 High 4789 933 (16.3%) 1.33 (1.16–1.52) <.001
Blood pressure (post-dialysis)
 Normal 1123 131 (10.5%) 1 1
 Low 3093 411 (11.7%) 0.88 (0.71–1.08) <.001 <.001 0.55 (0.41–0.73) <.001 <.001
 High 3773 842 (18.2%) 1.68 (1.48–1.91) <.001 2.01 (1.73–2.32) <.001
Session duration
 (Continuous) 7989 1384 (14.7%) 1.05 (1.04–1.06) <.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; TTD, technically troubled dialysis.