From: The vascular access questionnaire: a single centre UK experience
Mean Score for the VAQ Question Relating to: | |||||||||
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Worries Working Well | Attending Dialysis Early | Leaving Dialysis Late | Problems Sleeping | Protecting Access | Interfering ADL’s | Interfering Leisure Activities | Worries About Hospitalisation | How Long Access Will Last | |
Age (Years) | p < 0.001 | p = 0.149 | p = 0.556 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.003 | p < 0.001 |
<55 | 0.71 | 0.28 | 0.51 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.85 |
55–64 | 0.60 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.53 | 0.80 |
65–74 | 0.44 | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.56 |
75+ | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.41 |
Gender | p = 0.116 | p = 0.047 | p = 0.037 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.214 | p = 0.190 | p = 0.520 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.004 |
Female | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.52 | 0.80 | 0.63 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.54 | 0.77 |
Male | 0.45 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.56 |
Number of Previous CVC | p < 0.001 | p = 0.413 | p = 0.042 | p = 0.035 | p = 0.046 | p = 0.089 | p = 0.023 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
0–5 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.56 |
6+ | 1.03 | 0.34 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 1.10 | 1.48 |
Current Mode of Vascular Access* | p = 0.025 | p = 0.370 | p = 0.308 | p = 0.635 | p = 0.020 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.024 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.001 |
AVF | 0.43 | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.64 | 0.50 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.54 |
AV graft | 0.82 | 0.29 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.65 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.74 | 1.12 |
Tunnelled CVC | 0.62 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.64 | 0.85 |
Current Fistula** | p = 0.044 | p = 0.988 | p = 0.683 | p = 0.032 | p = 0.145 | p = 0.217 | p = 0.388 | p = 0.467 | p = 0.021 |
Brachiobasilic | 0.58 | 0.17 | 0.36 | 0.98 | 0.48 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.46 | 0.87 |
Brachiocephalic | 0.37 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.53 |
Radiocephalic | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.48 |
Fistula/Graft on Dominant Arm** | p = 0.936 | p = 0.683 | p = 0.957 | p = 0.305 | p = 0.621 | p = 0.936 | p = 0.303 | p = 0.516 | p = 0.556 |
No | 0.44 | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.64 | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.55 |
Yes | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.43 | 0.78 | 0.44 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.64 |
Does Fistula/Graft on Dominant Arm Cause Issues** | p = 0.495 | p = 0.063 | p = 0.763 | p = 0.801 | p = 0.022 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.937 | p = 0.423 |
No | 0.44 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.73 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.56 |
Yes | 0.57 | 0.03 | 0.41 | 0.89 | 0.73 | 0.59 | 0.70 | 0.32 | 0.81 |