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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Research

Association of anemia and mineral and bone disorder with health-related quality of life in Asian pre-dialysis patients

Authors: Hwee-Lin Wee, Benjamin Jun Jie Seng, Jia Jia Lee, Kok Joon Chong, Pallavi Tyagi, Anantharaman Vathsala, Priscilla How

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The association of CKD-related complications such as anemia and mineral and bone disorders (MBD) with HRQoL in pre-dialysis patients is not well-studied. As such, this study aimed to determine the association of anemia and MBD with HRQoL in pre-dialysis patients.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study involving 311 adult pre-dialysis patients with stage 3–5 CKD from an acute-care hospital in Singapore. Patients’ HRQoL were assessed using Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL-SF™) and EuroQol 5 Dimensions–3 levels (EQ5D-3L). HRQoL between patients with and without anemia or MBD were compared by separate hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses using various HRQoL scales as dependent variables, adjusted for sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial variables.

Results

After adjusting for MBD, anemia was associated with lower HRQoL scores on work status (WS), physical functioning (PF) and role physical [β (SE): −10.9 (4.18), p = 0.010; −3.0 (1.28), p = 0.018; and −4.2 (1.40), p = 0.003, respectively]. However, significance was lost after adjustments for sociodemographic variables. Patients with MBD had poorer HRQoL with respect to burden of kidney disease, WS, PF and general health [(β (SE): −7.9 (3.88), p = 0.042; −9.5 (3.99), p = 0.018; −3.0 (1.22) p = 0.014; −3.6 (1.48), p = 0.015, respectively]. Although these remained significant after adjusting for sociodemographic variables, significance was lost after adjusting for clinical variables, particularly pill burden. This is of clinical importance due to the high pill burden of CKD patients, especially from medications for the management of multiple comorbidities such as cardiovascular and mineral and bone diseases.

Conclusions

Neither anemia nor MBD was associated with HRQoL in our pre-dialysis patients. Instead, higher total daily pill burden was associated with worse HRQoL. Medication reconciliation should therefore be routinely performed by clinicians and pharmacists to reduce total daily pill burden where possible.
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Metadata
Title
Association of anemia and mineral and bone disorder with health-related quality of life in Asian pre-dialysis patients
Authors
Hwee-Lin Wee
Benjamin Jun Jie Seng
Jia Jia Lee
Kok Joon Chong
Pallavi Tyagi
Anantharaman Vathsala
Priscilla How
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0477-8

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