• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: MO917: Self-Reported Perceptions of Haemodialysis Patients´ Cognitive State––The Goodrenal Project
  • Contributor: Mesa-Gresa, Patricia; Elena Marin, Alexandra; Avesani, Carla; Clyne, Naomi; Garcia-Testal, Alicia; Kouidi, Evangelia; Van Craenenbroeck, Amaryllis; Antonio Lozano-Quilis, José; Lindholm, Bengt; Yang, Kevin; Kougioumtzidou, Ourania; Cana-Poyatos, Alicia; Moscoso, Paula; Moura Reboredo, Maycon; Lauer, Andreas; Segura, Eva
  • Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022
  • Published in: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 37 (2022) Supplement_3
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac084.012
  • ISSN: 0931-0509; 1460-2385
  • Keywords: Transplantation ; Nephrology
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  • Description: Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS Patients with chronic kidney disease have an increased risk of developing cognitive impairment and neurocognitive disorders including Alzheimer's disease that affect their quality of life. Changes involve deterioration of domains such as learning and memory, language, attention, executive function, perceptual motor or social cognition. We explored the subjective perception that the patients have regarding their cognitive state. METHOD This study is part of the GoodRENAL project, which is funded by the European Community Erasmus + and involves four countries: Belgium, Greece, Spain and Sweden. Exploratory questionnaires regarding patients’ cognitive state were answered by 38 patients (mean age 58 ± 0.5 years; 50% women) randomly allocated to this study from the dialysis shifts. The questionnaire had 10 questions with answers rated as 1 (never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (half of the time), 4 (more than half of the time) and 5 (almost all the time), plus 1 open question about main barriers, difficulties or needs related to their cognitive state. RESULTS To analyse the descriptive data, the response frequency was grouped into items based on the frequency of the occurrence (almost all the time and all the time). The table below summarizes answers received from patients. CONCLUSION The patients’ perception of their attention capacity, memory function and learning capacity was in general positive. However, further studies using validated questionnaires regarding different aspects such as attention, memory or learning functionality are needed to confirm these findings.
  • Access State: Open Access