From: The feasibility of integrating a home telehealth model for older persons living with hemodialysis
Parameters | Experimental group (n = 24) | Control group (n = 30) | F | P |
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Baseline | ||||
  BUN (mg/dL) | 53.86 (21.61) | 45.34 (23.52) | 0.327 | 0.570 |
  Cr (mg/dL) | 9.67 (14.05) | 6.22 (2.74) | 3.204 | 0.080 |
  Hb (g/dL) | 10.40 (1.43) | 12.34 (12.84) | 1.949 | 0.169 |
  Hct (%) | 33.02 (4.55) | 30.11 (7.18) | 0.880 | 0.353 |
  Alb (g/dL) | 4.36 (1.88) | 5.58 (9.06) | 2.144 | 0.150 |
  K (mEq/L) | 4.42 (0.75) | 5.53 (6.85) | 1.901 | 0.174 |
  Kt/V | 1.75 (0.80) | 1.81 (0.54) | 0.151 | 0.700 |
  nPCR (g/kg/day) | 1.11 (0.27) | 1.10 (0.31) | 0.141 | 0.709 |
After 3Â months | ||||
  BUN (mg/dL) | 48.35 (21.10) | 42.62 (14.66) | 1.274 | 0.264 |
  Cr (mg/dL) | 6.53 (2.87) | 6.69 (2.56) | 0.196 | 0.660 |
  Hb (g/dL) | 10.95 (1.69) | 14.52 (22.74) | 2.203 | 0.144 |
  Hct (%) | 34.44 (4.78) | 32.76 (6.17) | 1.339 | 0.253 |
  Alb (g/dL) | 3.91 (0.60) | 3.68 (0.63) | 0.026 | 0.873 |
  K (mEq/L) | 4.35 (0.79) | 4.18 (0.65) | 0.051 | 0.822 |
  Kt/V | 1.59 (0.37) | 1.67 (0.55) | 4.250 | 0.044* |
  nPCR (g/kg/day) | 0.99 (0.26) | 0.99 (0.37) | 0.921 | 0.342 |
After 6Â months | ||||
  BUN (mg/dL) | 50.26 (19.80) | 46.07 (18.77) | 0.563 | 0.457 |
  Cr (mg/dL) | 8.96 (9.70) | 7.35 (2.94) | 2.931 | 0.093 |
  Hb (g/dL) | 10.70 (1.25) | 10.51 (1.96) | 7.287 | 0.010* |
  Hct (%) | 35.14 (8.44) | 34.04 (9.13) | 0.398 | 0.531 |
  Alb (g/dL) | 3.94 (0.48) | 3.82 (0.67) | 0.501 | 0.483 |
  K (mEq/L) | 4.40 (0.90) | 5.52 (6.26) | 1.872 | 0.177 |
  Kt/V | 1.66 (0.31) | 1.66 (0.35) | 0.005 | 0.942 |
  nPCR (g/kg/day) | 1.17 (0.74) | 0.99 (0.23) | 1.835 | 0.182 |