NN&I - June 2010

Rehabilitation Update 38 Nephrology News & Issues June 2010Subscribe to our free eNewsletter at www.nephronline.com planning. More tools would be useful in maximizing use of QOL in assessing center health. ConclusionHealth related quality of life is an indicator of patient perceived mental and physical health over time as well as an indicator of quality of care in the center. The KDQOL-36 and KDQOL Complete are effective tools in assist -ing the interdisciplinary team, center and corporate management in evalu-ating the effect of dialysis on patient perception of quality of life. The pre-dictive power of the KDQOL-36 poten-tially facilitates increased awareness of patient perceived challenges prior to health crises. With regional and center orientation to the survey, cor -porate and management support of the process, and an effective scor -ing tool, the center social worker can assist the interdisciplinary team to conceptualize the effect of clinical outcomes on patient well-being and Rehabilitation Update potentially increase center profitabil-ity by decreasing missed treatments and hospitalizations.7 References1. Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities, Final Rule. 42 CFR Parts 405, 410, 413 et al. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2. Prescott, M. How to make the new Conditions for Coverage work in your dialysis clinic: Making the most of kidney disease quality of life survey. Nephrology News and Issues, 24 (9), 2009 3. http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/ 4. Lowrie, EG, Curtin, RB, LePain, N, Schatell, D. Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36: A consis- tent and powerful predictor of morbidity and mortal-ity in dialysis patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 41 (6), 1286-1292, 2003 5. Mapes DL, Bragg-Gresham JL, Bommer J, Fukuhara S, McKevitt P, Wikstrom B, Lopes AA. Health-related quality of life in the DOPPS. Am J Kidney Dis 2004; 44 (Suppl 2):S54-S60 6. DeOreo, P. Hemodialysis patient-assessed func-tional health status predicts continued survivial, hospitalization, and dialysis-attendance compliance. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 30 (2), 294-212, 1997 7. Witten B. DOPPS: Making the case for using func-tioning and well-being surveys to assess risk and improve outcomes. The Journal of Nephrology Social Work, 26, 32-40, 2007 8. Medical Education Institute. Measuring dialysis patients' health-related quality of life with the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL-36TM) Survey. 2009 9. Lopes AA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Goodkin DA, Fukuhara S, Mapes DL, Young EW, Gillespie BW, Akizawa T, Greenwood RN, Andreucci VE, Akiba T, Held PJ, Port FK. Factors associated with health-related quality of life among hemodialysis patients in the DOPPS. Qual Life Res 2007; 16(4): 545-557 10. Elder SJ, Pisoni RL, Akizawa T, Fissell R, Andreucci VE, Fukuhara S, Kurokawa K, Rayner HC, Furniss AL, Port FK, Saran R. Sleep quality in hemodi- alysis patients: Results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrol Dial Transplant 2008; 23: 998-1004 11. Callahan, MB, LeSage, L, Johnstone, S. A Model for patient participation in quality of life measure- ment to improve rehabilitation outcomes. Nephrology News and Issues, 13, 33-37, 1999 12. http://gim.med.ucla.edu/kdqol/page7.html Index of Advertisers Advertiser Page Web addressAlcavis HDC 23 www.alcavishdc.com AMAG Pharmaceuticals 25-26www.feraheme.comAmerican Renal Associates, Inc. 11www.americanrenal.comAmgen Inc. IFC, 1 Amgen Inc. 31 www.amgenassist.com B. Braun Medical Inc. 19 www.bbraunusa.comDaVita, Inc.35 www.davita.com/NNIFresenius Renal Pharmaceuticals9 www.phoslo.com GenzymeIBC, BCwww.renvela.com Advertiser Page Web address Renal CarePartners 21 www.renalcp.comRenal Ventures Management, LLC6 www.renalventures.com Rockwell Medical, Inc. 7 www.rockwellmed.com Rockwell Medical, Inc. 33 www.rockwellmed.com Satellite Healthcare 3 www.satellitehealth. com/NNI Satellite Laboratory Services 5 www.satellitelabs.com Shire US Inc. 15-16 www.fosrenol.com Renal Showcase 39 Rehabilitation_NNI0610_2[1].indd 38 5/14/10 4:57:28 PM