TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-related quality of life in survivors of acute kidney injury
T2 - The Prolonged Outcomes Study of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level Replacement Therapy study outcomes
AU - Wang, Amanda Y.
AU - Bellomo, Rinaldo
AU - Cass, Alan
AU - Finfer, Simon
AU - Gattas, David
AU - Myburgh, John
AU - Chadban, Steve
AU - Hirakawa, Yoichiro
AU - Ninomiya, Toshiharu
AU - Li, Qiang
AU - Lo, Serigne
AU - Barzi, Federica
AU - Sukkar, Louisa
AU - Jardine, Meg
AU - Gallagher, Martin P.
AU - for the Post-Renal Study Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Aim While patients with chronic kidney disease have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL), long-term HRQOL of survivors of severe acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear. Methods We analysed HRQOL from the Prolonged Outcomes Study of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level Replacement Therapy (POST-RENAL) study and compared findings with those from a general Australian adult population enrolled in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study. We used a multivariate analysis adjusted for baseline characteristics along with sensitivity analysis using age and sex-matched case controls. Results In the POST-RENAL study, 282 participants had HRQOL data collected using the SF-12 questionnaire. This was compared with 6330 participants from the AusDiab study. Unadjusted analyses showed that POST-RENAL participants had lower physical component scores (PCS, mean score 40.0 vs 49.8, P < 0.0001) and lower mental component scores (MCS, mean score 49.8 vs 53.9, P < 0.0001) than the AusDiab group. After age and sex matching, the difference in PCS and MCS remained statistically significant (P < 0.0001). Advanced age, reduced renal function and albuminuria (all P ≤ 0.01) were all strongly associated with lower PCS values but not MCS values. After matching subsets of the cohorts on the basis of age, sex and renal function, PCS and MCS were lower in the POST-RENAL group (P < 0.0001). Conclusion Survivors of severe AKI in the POST-RENAL study had lower physical and mental components of HRQOL compared with general population, even after adjustment for their reduced renal function. Increasing age and reduced renal function were associated with poorer physical QOL. Summary at a Glance In this case-control study, the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of 282 severe acute kidney injury (AKI) survivors was compared with that of the general population. The result shows that physical and mental components of HRQOL are substantially lower amongst survivors of severe AKI. The difference remains significant after adjustment for the degree of renal impairment.
AB - Aim While patients with chronic kidney disease have reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL), long-term HRQOL of survivors of severe acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear. Methods We analysed HRQOL from the Prolonged Outcomes Study of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level Replacement Therapy (POST-RENAL) study and compared findings with those from a general Australian adult population enrolled in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study. We used a multivariate analysis adjusted for baseline characteristics along with sensitivity analysis using age and sex-matched case controls. Results In the POST-RENAL study, 282 participants had HRQOL data collected using the SF-12 questionnaire. This was compared with 6330 participants from the AusDiab study. Unadjusted analyses showed that POST-RENAL participants had lower physical component scores (PCS, mean score 40.0 vs 49.8, P < 0.0001) and lower mental component scores (MCS, mean score 49.8 vs 53.9, P < 0.0001) than the AusDiab group. After age and sex matching, the difference in PCS and MCS remained statistically significant (P < 0.0001). Advanced age, reduced renal function and albuminuria (all P ≤ 0.01) were all strongly associated with lower PCS values but not MCS values. After matching subsets of the cohorts on the basis of age, sex and renal function, PCS and MCS were lower in the POST-RENAL group (P < 0.0001). Conclusion Survivors of severe AKI in the POST-RENAL study had lower physical and mental components of HRQOL compared with general population, even after adjustment for their reduced renal function. Increasing age and reduced renal function were associated with poorer physical QOL. Summary at a Glance In this case-control study, the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of 282 severe acute kidney injury (AKI) survivors was compared with that of the general population. The result shows that physical and mental components of HRQOL are substantially lower amongst survivors of severe AKI. The difference remains significant after adjustment for the degree of renal impairment.
KW - acute kidney injury
KW - Aus-Diab study
KW - health-related quality of life
KW - POST-RENAL study
KW - prospective study
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U2 - 10.1111/nep.12488
DO - 10.1111/nep.12488
M3 - Article
C2 - 25891297
AN - SCOPUS:84930710019
SN - 1320-5358
VL - 20
SP - 492
EP - 498
JO - Nephrology
JF - Nephrology
IS - 7
ER -
