Perceived Mental Health and Disablement of Primary Care and End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. Parkerson ◽  
Robert A. Gutman

Objective: To compare perceived current mental health and disablement between primary care and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and to study social support and stress and severity of illness as possible determinants of mental health and disablement. Method: Observational cross-sectional analysis of 414 primary care patients in a rural community health center and 125 ESRD patients requiring hemodialysis in two community dialysis units. The Duke Health Profile (DUKE) anxiety-depression scale was used to assess mental health; the DUKE disability scale, to indicate disablement; the Duke Social Support and Stress Scale, to measure support and stress; and the Duke Severity of Illness Scale, to rate severity of illness. Results: Perceived current mental health in terms of anxiety and depression symptoms was worse for primary care than for ESRD patients, and perceived current disablement was no different for the two groups. Patients' perception of their health status and of stress from family members were more closely associated with their level of anxiety and depression symptoms than were their diagnostic profiles or overall severity of illness. In turn, their level of anxiety and depression symptoms was the principal correlate of their disablement. Conclusions: The demonstration of strong relationships among anxiety and depression symptoms, disablement, and family stress in these two very different patient populations should stimulate further research and motivate clinicians to evaluate all three parameters as part of routine patient care.

Author(s):  
Chorina Mega Noviana ◽  
Anggri Noorana Zahra

Background: Self-management is the latest multidisciplinary intervention that empowers end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients to be active in maintaining their health status. The implementation of self-management among ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis in Indonesia remains relatively low, contributing to the high prevalence of complications and morbidity. The social cognitive theory proposes that social support is one of the environmental factors affecting health behavior change. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between social support and self-management among ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis in Indonesia.Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 107 ESRD patients selected by consecutive sampling. Data were collected online from four chronic kidney disease communities in Indonesia in June 2020. Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey and Hemodialysis Self-Management Instrument were used to measure patients’ functional social support and self-management levels. Statistical analysis using the Chi-square test was applied to evaluate the association between social support and self-management.Results: More than half of the patients had high social support (51%) and good self-management (53%). There was a significant relationship between social support and self-management (p = 0.027; α = 0.05; odds ratio 95% CI = 2.386). Conclusions: Social support is a potential environmental factor that can be modified to enhance health behavior change among ESRD patients in Indonesia, with the specific behavior being self-management. This study recommends functional social support as an integral part of self-management intervention provided through cooperation between health workers, chronic kidney disease community, and patient companions.


1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen H Stanbaugh ◽  
A. W, Holmes Diane Gillit ◽  
George W. Reichel ◽  
Mark Stranz

A patient with end-stage renal disease on CAPD, and with massive iron overload is reported. This patient had evidence of myocardial and hepatic damage probably as a result of iron overload. Treatment with desferoxamine resulted in removal of iron in the peritoneal dialysate. On the basis of preliminary studies in this patient it would appear that removal of iron by peritoneal dialysis in conjunction with chelation therapy is safe and effective. This finding should have wide-ranging signficance for patients with ESRD.


2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 298-302
Author(s):  
Robert H. Mak ◽  
Wai Cheung

Cachexia is common in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, and it is an important risk factor for poor quality of life and increased mortality and morbidity. Chronic inflammation is an important cause of cachexia in ESRD patients. In the present review, we examine recent evidence suggesting that adipokines or adipocytokines such as leptin, adiponectin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1β may play important roles in uremic cachexia. We also review the physiology and the potential roles of gut hormones, including ghrelin, peptide YY, and cholecystokinin in ESRD. Understanding the molecular pathophysiology of these novel hormones in ESRD may lead to novel therapeutic strategies.


Author(s):  
Hyeon-Ju Lee ◽  
Youn-Jung Son

Hemodialysis is the most common type of treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Frailty is associated with poor outcomes such as higher mortality. ESRD patients have a higher prevalence of frailty. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify the prevalence and associated factors of frailty and examine whether it is a predictor of mortality among ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Five electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies up to 30 November 2020. A total of 752 articles were found, and seven studies with 2604 participants in total were included in the final analysis. The pooled prevalence of frailty in patients with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis was 46% (95% Confidence interval (CI) 34.2−58.3%). Advanced age, female sex, and the presence of diabetes mellitus increased the risk of frailty in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Our main finding showed that patients with frailty had a greater risk of all-cause mortality compared with those without (hazard ratio (HR): 2.02, 95% CI: 1.65−2.48). To improve ESRD patient outcomes, healthcare professionals need to assess the frailty of older ESRD patients, particularly by considering gender and comorbidities. Comprehensive frailty screening tools for ESRD patients on hemodialysis need to be developed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 98 (08) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Sidelmann ◽  
Mikkel Brabrand ◽  
Robert Pedersen ◽  
Jørgen Pedersen ◽  
Kim Esbensen ◽  
...  

SummaryFibrin clots with reduced permeability, increased clot stiffness and reduced fibrinolysis susceptibility may predispose to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known, however, about the structure of fibrin clots in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).These patients suffer from a high risk of CVD in addition to their chronic low-grade inflammation. Using permeability, compaction and turbidity studies in 22 ESRD patients and 24 healthy controls, fibrin clots made from patient plasma were found to be less permeable (p<0.001), less compactable (p<0.001), and less susceptible to fibrinolysis (p<0.001) than clots from controls.The maximum rate of turbidity increase was also higher for the patients than controls (p<0.001), and scan-ning electron microscopy revealed higher clot density of fibrin fibers in clots from patients than clots from controls (p<0.001). Patients had higher plasma concentrations of fibrinogen, C-reative protein and interleukin 6 than controls.These plasma markers of inflammation correlated significantly with most of the fibrin structure characteristics observed in the patients. In contrast, plasma markers of azothemia showed no such correlations. The results suggest that in ESRD patients fibrin clots are significantly different from healthy controls, and that the fibrin structure characteristics in the patients are associated primarily with the inflammatory plasma milieu rather than with level of azothemia.


2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise B. Serra ◽  
Haiying Sun ◽  
Sylwia Karwowska ◽  
Jens Praestgaard ◽  
Atef Halabi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTAlbinterferon alfa-2b (albIFN) is being developed, in combination with ribavirin, for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection. This study was designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of a 900-μg dose of albIFN administered as a single subcutaneous injection in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis and matched healthy volunteers (by age [±5 years], weight [±5 kg], and gender). The maximum concentration in plasma (Cmax) and the area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity (AUC0-∞) were 42.8 ± 14.0 ng/ml and 16,414 ± 4,203 ng·h/ml, respectively, for healthy volunteers, while theCmaxand AUC0-∞were 49.9 ± 20.9 ng/ml and 18,919 ± 8,008 ng·h/ml, respectively, for ESRD patients. The geometric least-squares mean ratios were 1.15 (90% confidence interval [CI], 0.78, 1.68) forCmaxand 1.11 (90% CI, 0.83, 1.48) for AUC0-∞. Adverse events were as expected for an interferon (e.g., flu-like symptoms), with the main laboratory adverse event being a decline in total white blood cell count, which was specifically related to a decline in the neutrophil count. This effect was somewhat greater in the ESRD patients, with the maximal decreases in neutrophil counts from those at the baseline being (−2.6 ± 0.32) × 109and (−2.19 ± 0.58) × 109cells/liter for the ESRD patients and the healthy volunteers, respectively. This study indicates no significant effect of renal failure on the pharmacokinetics of albIFN. Safety and tolerability were as expected for an interferon.


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