Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 13

Determinants of Disability in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

File Inventory


Prepared by:


ECRI, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Health Technology Assessment Group


File Name	Description			Software	Version		File	Size
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01front.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		26KB	3 pages
Contents: Title Page, Preface
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02cont.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		31KB	4 pages
Contents: Table of Contents
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03abstr.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		24KB	3 pages
Contents: Structured Abstract
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04summ.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		52KB	8 pages
Contents: Summary
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05body.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		350KB	60 pages
Contents: Evidence Report, Chapters 1, 2, and 3
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chronic Renal Failure, Social Security Insurance, Purpose and Scope of This Evidence Report
Chapter 2. Phase 1: Review of the Available Evidence in the Published Literature
Methodology, Focus and Refinement of Topic, Measuring Inability To Work, 
Table 1. Impairment and disability terminology, Evidence Model, Figure 1. Adult renal failure 
evidence model, Literature Searches: Summary, Literature Searches: Final Summary of Relevant 
Literature, Results
Chapter 3. Phase 2: Analysis of USRDS Data
Description of USRDS Data, Methodology, Results, Table 2. Comparison of DMMS Wave 2 patients 
to all patients in the USRDS database, Table 3.	Final subgroup of patients for proposed analysis, 
Table 4. Statistically significant differences between patients in the final data set 
and those excluded from this data set, Table 5.	Correlations between measures of employment 
and ability to work, Table 6.	Correlations between employment measures and 
functional status measures, Table 7. Correlations between clinical and laboratory measurements 
and measures of employment and self-reported ability to work, Figure 2.	Hematocrit values 
(percent) versus hemoglobin values (g/dL), Table 8. Results of logistic regression 
on each DMMS Wave 2 medical questionnaire subsection, Table 9. Employment status of patients 
in DMMS Wave 2, under age 65, Table 10. Statistics about patients who continue working, 
Table 11. Working status by sex, Table 12. Occupation type of individuals continuing 
to work full time throughout study, Table 13. Comparison of education level of patients 
who worked throughout the duration of DMMS Wave 2 study versus those who did not, 
Table 14. Self-reported ability to work full time at start of study versus employment status, 
Table 15. Employment status versus self-reported ability to work at followup, 
Table 16. Employment status at time of patient interview about 1 monthafter study start date 
(according to medical records)
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06concl.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		24KB	2 pages
Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions
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07futur.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		56KB	3 pages
Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research
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08refs.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		32KB	5 pages
Contents: References
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09etab1.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		69KB	7 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 1. Evidence regarding predictors of disability of ESRD patients 
as defined by employment
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10etab2.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		57KB	2 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 2. Rejected studies with some relevant data
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11biblio.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		66KB	7 pages
Contents: Bibliography
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12appa.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		209KB	44 pages
Contents: Appendix A: Questionnaires Included in the DMMS Wave 2 Study
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13appb.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		28KB	3 pages
Contents: Appendix B: Summary of Significant Correlations for Validity Analyses
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14appc.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		59KB	4 pages
Contents: Appendix C: Table C-1. Scoring of Kidney Disease Quality-of-Life Questionnaire
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15appd.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		282KB	30 pages
Contents: Appendix D: Descriptive Statistics
Table D-1. Categorical disease states by work status, Table D-2. Categorical disease states 
by employment status, Table D-3. Work status: descriptive statistics of symptoms 
and laboratory values, Table D-4. Comparison of KDQOL(TM) subscales based on employment status
Table D-5. Employment status at study start date by laboratory variables, 
Table D-6. Demographic and employment categorical variables
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16appe.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		123KB	16 pages
Contents: Appendix E: Sample Analysis of DMMS Wave 2 Data
Table E-1. Variables for which data were imputed, Figure E-1. ROC curve of 
physiologic variables for prediction of working status at 9- to 12-month followup, 
Figure E-2. ROC curve of demographic and physiologic variables for prediction 
of working status at 9- to 12-month followup
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17acro.doc	Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		22KB	2 pages
Contents: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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AHRQ Publication No. 00-E013
Current as of May 2000


Internet Citation:

Determinants of Disability in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 13. AHRQ Publication No. 00-E013, May 2000. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/renalinv.htm


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