Fig. 3

Correlation between Selected KDQOL-36™ Domain Scores, Individual Items, and Indicators of Fluid Overload among Patients on In-Center Hemodialysis. Pearson correlations between the indicated constructs among patients treated with in-center hemodialysis are shown. Average IDWG was considered as a percentage of body weight with respect to treatments in the 30 days prior to survey date. Excessive IDWG was considered as a gain of > 5% of target weight in > 10% of treatments occurring in the 30 days prior to the survey date. ^a Item 1: “In general, would you say your health is:” Possible responses are “excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair,” and “poor.”. ^b Item 22: “During the past 4 weeks, to what extent were you bothered by each of the following?” Possible responses are “not at all bothered,” “somewhat bothered,” “moderately bothered,” “very much bothered,” and “extremely bothered.”. Abbreviations: IDWG, interdialytic weight gain; PCS, physical component summary; SPKD, symptoms and problems of kidney disease