This study will evaluate the effects of more frequent dialysis on cognitive function including the assessment of sleep apnea and restless legs. Our hypothesis is that more frequent dialysis improves cognitive function and may have important implications on clinical care of ESRD patients and help to emphasize the need for treatments that will allow patients to live "with dialysis" rather than live "for dialysis".
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
17
Trailmaking A, Trailmaking B, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning, Letter Number Sequencing, Digit Symbol Substitution, Grooved Pegboard, Controlled Oral Word Association, Beck Depression Index, Feeling Thermometer, Modified Mini-Mental Status
Sleep Assessment will be performed using an "Actiwatch" with subjects wearing the watch for 72 hours continuously
Subjects will wear and "Actiwatch" on both legs for three consecutive nights.
Satellite Healthcare, Inc
Mountain View, California, United States
WellBound, Inc.
Mountain View, California, United States
Distribution of cognitive function impairment in ESRD patients undergoing more frequent hemodialysis
Time frame: baseline, 4 months and 12 months
Longitudinal analysis of cognitive function over time to test the hypothesis that more frequent hemodialysis contributes to delay in cognitive function impairment
Time frame: baseline, 4 months and 12 months
To test the hypothesis that nightly or daily hemodialysis treatment can ultimately be proven to be cost effective options by preserving cognitive function.
Time frame: 12 months
Influence of cognitive function on survival.
Time frame: 12 months
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