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Table 2 KDQOL-36™ survey completion by patient characteristics

From: Use of the KDQOL-36™ for assessment of health-related quality of life among dialysis patients in the United States

 

Survey Status

Declined

Completed

All

83,552 (20.2)

330,402 (79.8)

Age, years

 18–24

699 (16.6)

3514 (83.4)

 25–34

3051 (17.7)

14,222 (82.3)

 35–44

5760 (16.2)

29,883 (83.8)

 45–54

11,568 (16.8)

57,283 (83.2)

 55–64

19,123 (18.2)

85,723 (81.8)

 65+

43,351 (23.7)

139,787 (76.3)

Sex

 Male

47,226 (20.5)

183,116 (79.5)

 Female

36,326 (19.8)

147,296 (80.2)

Race/Ethnicity

 White

30,543 (19.0)

129,915 (81.0)

 Black

27,588 (18.9)

118,143 (81.1)

 Hispanic

14,859 (20.4)

57,913 (79.6)

 Asian

5973 (34.2)

11,473 (65.8)

 Other/Unknown/Missing

4589 (26.1)

12,968 (73.9)

Modality

 In-center hemodialysis

75,580 (21.1)

282,895 (78.9)

 Peritoneal dialysis

6395 (13.9)

39,508 (86.1)

 Home hemodialysis

1058 (16.0)

5538 (84.0)

 Nocturnal dialysis

516 (17.3)

2461 (82.7)

Vintage, months

 < 12

19,210 (17.5)

90,260 (82.5)

 12–24

13,020 (18.2)

58,392 (81.8)

 25–36

11,055 (19.6)

45,229 (80.4)

 36+

40,267 (22.8)

136,531 (77.2)

BMI

 < 18.5

5240 (30.4)

11,996 (69.6)

 18.5–24

32,054 (24.3)

100,121 (75.7)

 25–29

23,404 (19.7)

95,541 (80.3)

 30+

22,854 (15.7)

122,754 (84.3)

CCI

 < 3

5438 (16.6)

27,404 (83.4)

 3–4

17,018 (16.8)

84,515 (83.2)

 5–6

32,143 (19.4)

133,309 (80.6)

 7+

28,953 (25.4)

85,184 (74.6)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson comorbidity index