A new assessment scale for post-dialysis fatigue in hemodialysis patients

Table 3 Partial correlation between PDF scale, RT, VAS, Fatigue scale and each parameters (n = 126)

	PDF scale		log-RT		VAS		Fatigue scale
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Dialysis vintage (years)	− 0.110	0.219	0.004	0.964	0.035	0.704	− 0.154	0.086
Diabetes mellitus	0.111	0.215	0.048	0.627	− 0.020	0.827	0.128	0.157
Cardiovascular diseases	− 0.078	0.382	− 0.080	0.425	0.118	0.198	0.151	0.092
Fatigue from before the dialysis	0.221	0.014	0.049	0.626	0.087	0.347	0.180	0.046
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.017	0.846	0.017	0.864	− 0.016	0.864	0.019	0.833
Intradialytic weight loss (% BW)	− 0.057	0.522	0.046	0.646	0.031	0.737	0.014	0.870
Ultrafiltration rate (mL/kg/h)	− 0.057	0.527	− 0.016	0.868	− 0.040	0.658	0.016	0.770
ΔSBP (mmHg)	− 0.008	0.390	− 0.140	0.122	− 0.211	0.010	− 0.005	0.954
Albumin (mg/dL)	− 0.011	0.722	− 0.101	0.639	0.001	0.910	0.071	0.567
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	0.011	0.450	0.051	0.985	0.012	0.936	− 0.012	0.401
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.179	0.045	0.089	0.373	0.079	0.389	0.174	0.053
Single-poor Kt/V	− 0.009	0.317	− 0.010	0.771	0.052	0.621	0.040	0.241
nPCR (g/kg/day)	0.005	0.583	− 0.032	0.751	0.146	0.171	0.044	0.524
GNRI	0.054	0.418	− 0.033	0.836	− 0.053	0.652	0.093	0.187
Physical functioning	− 0.443	<0.001	− 0.360	0.002	− 0.295	<0.001	− 0.594	<0.001
Symptoms	− 0.521	<0.001	− 0.321	0.001	− 0.357	0.001	− 0.574	<0.001
Self-rated health	0.430	<0.001	0.311	0.002	0.285	0.001	0.380	<0.001
Life satisfaction	0.201	0.018	0.132	0.226	0.104	0.215	0.221	0.022

Adjusted for age and gender. The correlation was calculated in the pairwise deletion. PDF scale post dialysis fatigue scale, RT recovery time, ΔSBP Δsystolic blood pressure = pre − post SBP, nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate, GNRI geriatric nutritional risk index

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