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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm454
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The ‘Sit-to-Scale’ score—a pilot study to develop an easily applied score to follow functional status in elderly dialysis patients

Kenzo G. Saito1 and Vanita Jassal Sarbjit1,2

1Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, and 2Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto Canada

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr S. V. Jassal, Dialysis Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Staff Physician, Univ Health Network, 8NU-857, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, M5G 2C4, Canada. Email: vanita.jassal@uhn.on.ca

Keywords: disability; elderly; gait speed; geriatrics; haemodialysis

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   Introduction
 
In Canada, the number of older persons requiring treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) rose by nearly 20% between 1997 and 2001 [1]. Fifty-five percent of all new dialysis patients are 65 years of age and older, and almost 25% are 75 years and older [2]. Similar demographic trends have been observed in the United States and the United Kingdom [3,4]. Cross-sectional studies have shown older haemodialysis patients are generally less active and more physically impaired than younger patients [3,5,6]. In addition older dialysis patients suffer from a high degree of disability and functional dependence [6–9]. Functional impairment is important, clinically, for many reasons. In the general population, functional impairment predicts falls, fractures and hospitalization [10–12]. In the dialysis population clinical outcomes such as falls or fractures are very common, with studies . . . [Full Text of this Article]



   Subjects and methods
 
Patient population
Study design
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Measurements
Statistical analysis


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