The role of socio-cultural-demographics in long-term haemodialysis survival

The socio-cultural-demographic attributes of long-term haemodialysis (HD) treatment survival is of interest. Hence, 129 adult chronic kidney disease patients, who have been on maintenance haemodialysis for >3 years, were evaluated for socio-economic demographics traits, clinical parameters and laboratory investigations. The most prevalent symptoms were loss of appetite (76.0%); anaemia (67.4%) and pedal edema (57.4%) with most patients underwent dialysis 2-3 times per week (49.6%). Vascular access was primarily through arteriovenous fistulas (55.8%); nephrologist supervision was present for 93.0% of patients with 62% patients had mild (10 - 11.9g/dL) anaemia. Age, gender, comorbidities, frequency of dialysis, duration of haemodialysis, nephrologist supervision and patients' travel distance emerged as significant factors for their association with long-term haemodialysis.