From: The feasibility of integrating a home telehealth model for older persons living with hemodialysis
Variables | Baseline | After 3Â months | After 6Â months | Between groups | Within groups | Interaction | ||||||
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Experimental Group (n = 24) | Control Group (n = 30) | Experimental Group (n = 24) | Control Group (n = 30) | Experimental Group (n = 24) | Control Group (n = 30) | F | P | F | P | F | P | |
Quality of life: Physical health scores | 44.85 (8.09) | 46.71 (7.03) | 48.42 (8.92) | 47.12 (12.69) | 47.23 (11.33) | 48.37 (8.98) | 0.099 | 0.754 | 0.865 | 0.424 | 0.501 | 0.754 |
Quality of life: Mental health scores | 45.86 (7.05) | 46.21 (6.07) | 49.89 (8.97) | 48.68 (10.04) | 48.40 (10.17) | 49.60 (9.05) | 0.004 | 0.954 | 3.344 | 0.039* | 0.384 | 0.682 |
BUN (mg/dL) | (21.61) 53.86 | 45.34 (23.52) | (21.10) 48.35 | (14.66) 42.62 | (19.80) 50.26 | (18.77) 46.07 | 2.723 | 0.105 | 0.673 | 0.512 | 0.132 | 0.876 |
Cr (mg/dL) | (14.04) 9.67 | (2.74) 6.22 | (2.87) 6.53 | (2.55) 6.69 | (9.70) 8.96 | (2.94) 7.35 | 1.596 | 0.212 | 0.661 | 0.518 | 0.811 | 0.447 |
Hb (g/dL) | (1.42) 10.39 | (12.83) 12.34 | (1.69) 10.95 | (22.74) 14.52 | (1.25) 10.70 | (1.96) 10.51 | 0.988 | 0.325 | 0.424 | 0.656 | 0.324 | 0.724 |
Hct (%) | (4.55) 33.02 | (7.17) 30.11 | 34.44 (4.78) | 32.76 (6.17) | (8.43) 35.14 | (9.13) 34.04 | 2.420 | 0.126 | 2.711 | 0.071 | 0.241 | 0.786 |
Alb (g/dL) | (1.87) 4.36 | (9.06) 5.58 | (0.60) 3.91 | (0.63) 3.68 | (0.48) 3.94 | (0.67) 3.82 | 0.254 | 0.617 | 1.324 | 0.271 | 0.489 | 0.615 |
K (mEq/L) | (0.75) 4.42 | (6.85) 5.53 | (0.79) 4.35 | (0.65) 4.18 | (0.90) 4.40 | (6.26) 5.52 | 1.100 | 0.299 | 0.513 | 0.601 | 0.423 | 0.656 |
Kt/V | 1.75 (0.79) | (0.54) 1.81 | (0.37) 1.59 | (0.55) 1.67 | (0.31) 1.66 | (0.35) 1.66 | 0.193 | 0.662 | 2.066 | 0.132 | 0.445 | 0.642 |
nPCR (g/kg/day) | (0.27) 1.11 | 1.10 (0.31) | (0.26) 0.99 | (0.37) 0.99 | (0.73) 1.17 | (0.23) 0.99 | 0.310 | 0.580 | 0.702 | 0.498 | 1.653 | 0.197 |