Association between dementia diagnosis at dialysis initiation and mortality in older patients with end-stage kidney disease in South Korea

Background: The prevalence of dementia is 2- to 7-fold higher among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) than among the general population; however, its clinical implications in this population remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether comorbid dementia increases mortality among older patients with ESKD undergoing newly initiated hemodialysis.

Methods: We analyzed data from the Korean Society of Geriatric Nephrology retrospective cohort, which included 2,736 older ESKD patients (≥70 years old) who started hemodialysis between 2010 and 2017. Kaplan-Meier survival and Cox regression analyses were used to examine all-cause mortality between the patients with and without dementia in this cohort.

Results: Of the 2,406 included patients, 8.3% had dementia at the initiation of dialysis; these patients were older (79.6 ± 6.0 years) than patients without dementia (77.7 ± 5.5 years) and included more women (male:female, 89:111). Pre-ESKD diagnosis of dementia was associated with an increased risk of overall mortality (hazard ratio, 1.503; p < 0.001), and this association remained consistent after multivariate adjustment (hazard ratio, 1.268; p = 0.009). In subgroup analysis, prevalent dementia was associated with mortality following dialysis initiation in female patients, those aged <85 years, those with no history of cerebrovascular accidents or severe behavioral disorders, those not residing in nursing facilities, and those with no or short-term hospitalization.

Conclusion: A pre-ESKD diagnosis of dementia is associated with mortality following dialysis initiation in older Korean population. In older patients with ESKD, cognitive assessment at dialysis initiation is necessary.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Kidney research and clinical practice - (2024) vom: 07. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ye, Byung Min [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Seongmin [VerfasserIn]
Park, Woo Yeong [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Jang-Hee [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Byung Chul [VerfasserIn]
Han, Miyeun [VerfasserIn]
Song, Sang Heon [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Gang-Jee [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jae Won [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Sungjin [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Yu Ah [VerfasserIn]
Hyun, Young Youl [VerfasserIn]
Bae, Eunjin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, In O [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyunsuk [VerfasserIn]
Hwang, Won Min [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Sung Joon [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Soon Hyo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seo Rin [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Kyung Don [VerfasserIn]
Korean Society of Geriatric Nephrology (KSGN) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aged
Chronic kidney failure
Dementia
Journal Article
Mortality
Renal dialysis

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Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.23876/j.krcp.23.151

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368151085