Table 1 Geriatric syndromes for different stages of renal function.
From: Comprehensive geriatric assessment of older patients with renal disease: a cross-sectional survey
G1–G2 (n = 92) | G3a (n = 72) | G3b (n = 72) | G4 (n = 59) | G5ND (n = 48) | G5D (n = 199) | Total (n = 542) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Impaired activity of daily living, n (%) | 34 (37.0) | 36 (50.0) | 39 (54.2) | 24 (40.7) | 15 (31.3) | 67 (33.7) | 215 (39.7) |
Impaired timed up and go test, n (%) | 18 (19.6) | 21 (29.2) | 22 (30.6) | 13 (22.0) | 9 (18.8) | 35 (17.6) | 118 (21.8) |
History of fall in past 1 year, n (%) | 24 (26.1) | 9 (12.5) | 17 (23.6) | 17 (28.8) | 11 (22.9) | 51 (25.6) | 129 (23.8) |
Assisted walking, n (%) | 32 (34.8) | 38 (52.8) | 33 (45.8) | 18 (30.5) | 11 (22.9) | 52 (26.1) | 184 (33.9) |
Hearing disorder, n (%) | 8 (8.7) | 7 (9.7) | 13 (18.1) | 5 (8.5) | 3 (6.3) | 16 (8.0) | 52 (9.6) |
Visual disturbance, n (%) | 9 (9.8) | 4 (5.6) | 7 (9.7) | 3 (5.1) | 6 (12.5) | 20 (10.1) | 49 (9.0) |
Constipation, n (%) | 25 (36.2) | 18 (32.1) | 21 (37.5) | 24 (43.6) | 17 (37.0) | 84 (42.6) | 189 (39.5) |
Urinary incontinence, n (%) | 15 (16.3) | 14 (19.4) | 5 (6.9) | 11 (18.6) | 7 (14.6) | 17 (8.5) | 69 (12.7) |
Polypharmacy, n (%) | 74 (80.4) | 63 (87.5) | 63 (87.5) | 52 (88.1) | 45 (93.8) | 172 (86.4) | 469 (86.5) |
Cognition | |||||||
Mildly impaired, n (%) | 25 (27.5) | 28 (41.2) | 21 (30.4) | 17 (30.4) | 16 (34.8) | 81 (42.4) | 188 (36.1) |
Severely impaired, n (%) | 24 (26.4) | 12 (17.6) | 18 (26.1) | 10 (17.9) | 6 (13.0) | 27 (14.1) | 97 (18.6) |
Depression, n (%) | 20 (22.0) | 17 (24.3) | 12 (16.9) | 8 (13.8) | 13 (27.1) | 53 (26.8) | 123 (22.9) |
Nutritional status | |||||||
Risk of malnutrition, n (%) | 38 (43.2) | 25 (39.7) | 26 (37.7) | 24 (42.9) | 28 (60.9) | 107 (54.9) | 248 (48.0) |
Malnutrition, n (%) | 10 (11.4) | 6 (9.5) | 8 (11.6) | 10 (17.9) | 5 (10.9) | 39 (20.0) | 78 (15.1) |
