[Peritoneal Dialysis Impact on Quality of Life in Elderly].

Background:Nowadays elderly live longer but with more diseases and geriatric syndromes which can deteriorate their quality of life (QoL). Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy which seeks to prolong an improve QoL; however, this is uncertain in elderly. Therefore, comparing QoL before and after starting dialysis in this population may let us know if there is a benefit at this level.Objective:Identify the QoL that patients have before and after PD.Material and methods:Longitudinal, comparative, prospective cohort, before and after study. Elderly with End Stage Renal Disease in whom hospitalization for PD was indicated. QoL was measured the instrument KDQOL SF 1.3. before and after 2 months of PD. Statistical Analysis: T paired test was performed with the basal value of QoL and after. Risks with 95% confidence intervals and X2 were obtained between the basal characteristics and the dependent variable of QoL.Results:21 patients. After 2 months the QoL had an increment in comparison to basal QoL, but with no statistical significance (63.47 [SD 16.63] Vs 56.83 [16.01], P= 0.22. In the 7th decade PD increased QoL by 13.01 points (P= 0.04).Conclusions:PD increases QoL in the 7th decade.