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Table 4 Health and disability measures by type of treatment, location and time on treatment
| Not on dialysis (N = 56) | Type of dialysis | Location | Time on dialysis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Haemodialysis (n = 109) | Peritoneal (n = 60) | p value * | Home (n = 70) | In centre (n = 99) | p value * | Incident (< 1 year) (n = 50) | Prevalent (1–3 years) (n = 57) | Prevalent (> 3 years) (n = 62) | p value * | |
| EQ5D_VAS Health state today(median & IQR) | 70 (50 to 80) | 70 (60 to 80) | 67.5 (50 to 80) | 0.54 | 62.5 (50 to 80) | 70 (60 to 80) | 0.01 | 67.5 (50 to 80) | 70 (60 to 80) | 70 (50 to 80) | 0.49 |
| FACIT total score (median & IQR | 91.4 (83.9 to 96.6) | 90.5 (78.2 to 95.3) | 90.2 (84.7 to 96.0) | 0.90 | 90.1 (83.6 to 95.9) | 91.2 (78.2 to 95.8) | 0.64 | 85.7 (74.5 to 95.9) | 90.1 (83.0 to 95.0) | 91.7 (82.4 to 96.3) | 0.09 |
| Personal Wellbeing Index total score (median & IQR) | 76.9 (66.3 to 87.5) | 78.8 (68.8 to 87.5) | 76.3 (62.5 to 83.8) | 0.45 | 76.3 (62.5 to 83.8) | 80 (68.9 to 87.5) | 0.23 | 79.4 (65.0 to 85.6) | 75.0 (65.0 to 83.8) | 78.8 (70.0 to 87.5) | 0.49 |
| WHODAS score (median & IQR). | 10.0 (5.0 to 15.0) | 11.0 (6.0 to 17.5) | 11.5 (5.0 to 19.0) | 0.73 | 10.5 (5.0 to 19.0) | 11.0 (6.0 to 18.0) | 0.73 | 11.0 (5.0 to 17.0) | 11.5 (8.0 to 16.0) | 11.5 (5.0 to 19.0) | 0.88 |
| Kidney symptom score (Median & IQR) | 78.4 (62.5 to 88.6) | 81.3 (66.6 to 87.5) | 77.1 (62.5 to 87.5) | 0.15 | 79.2 (64.6 to 87.5) | 81.3 (66.7 to 89.6) | 0.53 | 79.2 (60.4 to 85.4) | 81.3 (64.6 to 87.5) | 81.3 (68.8 to 89.6) | 0.87 |
