| Title
of the article |
Pill burden, adherence, hyperphosphatemia, and quality of life in maintenance dialysis patients.
|
| Authors |
Chiu YW, Teitelbaum I, Misra M, de Leon EM, Adzize T, Mehrotra R. |
| Journal
|
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Jun;4(6):1089-96. Epub 2009 May 7. |
| Subject
Consultant |
C. Basile |
| Score
(1 to 3 stars) |
** |
| Comments |
Dialysis patients have a high burden of co-existing diseases, poor health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), and are prescribed many medications. The daily pill burden in dialysis patients is one of the highest reported to date in any chronic disease state. Higher pill burden is associated with lower HR-QOL. There are many reasons for uncontrolled serum phosphorus levels; increasing the number of prescribed pills does not seem to improve control and may come at the cost of poorer HR-QOL. |
