- Title
- General health of end stage renal disease program beneficiaries.
- First Author
- Ozminkowski, Ronald J
- Date of Pub
- 1997 Fall
- Pages
- 121-144
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Other Authors
- Hassol, Andrea; Murphy, Michael; White, Alan J
- Abstract
- A telephone survey of a national sample of 515 Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program beneficiaries was conducted to obtain information on their health status and its determinants. The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) was applied during the interview process to obtain the health-status information. The reliability of each SF-36 health-status dimension was at least 0.85, and the validity of seven of the eight dimensions was high. Weighted least-squares regression results showed that health-status levels were often lower among older patients and Hispanic persons, and sometimes lower for those with low incomes. The implications of using the SF-36 for health-status measurement are also described.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Health Status Indicators : Kidney Failure, Chronic : Treatment Outcome : Activities of Daily Living : Adult : Age Factors : Aged : Ethnic Groups : Female : Health Surveys : Hemodialysis/utilization : Human : Male : Medicare : Middle Age : Social Class : Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. : United States/epidemiology
- NTIS Number
- PB99-109621
