The Prevalence of Sarcopenia in a Cohort of Haemodialysis Patients and Its Correlation With Mortality

Kasr El Aini Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease; End-stage Kidney Disease; Sarcopenia; End-stage Renal Disease

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Hand grip function testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06477978

MD-119-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to explore the correlation between the prevalence of sarcopenia and one year mortality amongst patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Full description

In our study , we aim to explore the correlation between the prevalence of sarcopenia and one year mortality among patients on maintenance hemodialysis The lean muscle mass was measured using bio-impedance analysis (BIA ). The hand-grip test was used to measure the function .

Sarcopenia was defined using European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older people (EWGSOP) definition which involves reduced muscle function and reduced muscle mass

Enrollment: 274 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with End stage kidney disease on maintenance dialysis

Exclusion criteria

• unable to consent or terminal malignancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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274 participants in 1 patient group

End stage kidney disease patient on maintenance hemodialysis

Other group

Description:

All patient that have been recruited with have the lean body mass index measured sing the Bio-impedance analysis ( BIA )

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Hand grip function testing