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

Table 4 Partial correlation between PDF scale, RT, VAS, Fatigue scale and each parameters in nPCR less than 0.8 (n = 51)

	PDF scale		log-RT		VAS		Fatigue scale
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Dialysis vintage (years)	− 0.213	0.135	0.046	0.806	0.074	0.688	− 0.168	0.236
Diabetes mellitus	0.241	0.098	0.195	0.269	− 0.116	0.452	0.156	0.293
Cardiovascular diseases	− 0.034	0.803	0.043	0.801	0.342	0.019	− 0.043	0.812
Fatigue from before the dialysis	0.115	0.421	0.099	0.590	0.198	0.162	0.053	0.609
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.081	0.611	0.112	0.567	0.075	0.664	0.002	0.985
Intradialytic weight loss (% BW)	− 0.152	0.328	− 0.258	0.191	− 0.133	0.428	− 0.168	0.285
Ultrafiltration rate (mL/kg/h)	− 0.161	0.284	− 0.182	0.312	− 0.179	0.289	− 0.117	0.462
ΔSBP (mmHg)	0.195	0.351	0.097	0.633	− 0.081	0.733	− 0.050	0.458
Albumin (mg/dL)	− 0.288	0.042	− 0.445	0.011	− 0.158	0.278	0.077	0.626
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	0.230	0.365	0.442	0.078	0.669	0.047	− 0.176	0.577
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.192	0.189	0.199	0.211	0.209	0.177	0.201	0.163
Single-poor Kt/V	− 0.101	0.523	− 0.190	0.388	− 0.184	0.289	− 0.091	0.604
nPCR (g/kg/day)	− 0.429	0.002	− 0.333	0.046	0.014	0.870	− 0.407	0.004
GNRI	− 0.041	0.745	− 0.332	0.051	− 0.293	0.068	0.087	0.589
Physical functioning	− 0.543	< 0.001	− 0.528	0.002	− 0.226	0.142	− 0.551	< 0.001
Symptoms	− 0.570	< 0.001	− 0.286	0.114	− 0.199	0.260	− 0.547	< 0.001
Self-rated health	0.244	0.072	0.285	0.166	− 0.096	0.769	0.449	0.001
Life satisfaction	0.288	0.039	0.130	0.578	− 0.063	0.777	0.362	0.015

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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