Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease

IntroductionChronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with multimorbidity and high treatment burden. Pill-burden is one component of the overall treatment burden. However, little is known about its magnitude and contribution to the overall treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of CKD...

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Main Author: Asmaa, Al-mansouri (author)
Other Authors: Hamad, Abdullah Ibrahim (author), Al-Ali, Fadwa Saqr (author), Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed (author), Kheir, Nadir (author), Al-Ziftawi, Nour Hisham (author), Ibrahim, Rania Abdelaziz (author), AlBakri, Muna (author), Awaisu, Ahmed (author)
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Al-Ali, Fadwa Saqr
Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed
Kheir, Nadir
Al-Ziftawi, Nour Hisham
Ibrahim, Rania Abdelaziz
AlBakri, Muna
Awaisu, Ahmed
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AlBakri, Muna
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AlBakri, Muna
Awaisu, Ahmed
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2023-03-18
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Al-mansouri, A., Hamad, A. I., Al-Ali, F. S., Ibrahim, M. I. M., Kheir, N., Al-Ziftawi, N. H., ... & Awaisu, A. (2023). Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.
1319-0164
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Medication burden
Pill-burden
Polypharmacy
Chronic kidney disease
Hemodialysis
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description IntroductionChronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with multimorbidity and high treatment burden. Pill-burden is one component of the overall treatment burden. However, little is known about its magnitude and contribution to the overall treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of CKD. This study aimed to quantify the magnitude of pill-burden in dialysis-dependent vs. non-dialysis-dependent advanced-stage CKD patients and its association with treatment burden. MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study for the assessment of pill-burden and treatment burden among non-dialysis and hemodialysis (HD)-dependent CKD patients. Pill-burden was quantified as “number of pills/patient/week” through electronic medical record, while treatment burden was assessed using the “Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ)”. Furthermore, oral and parenteral medication burden was also quantified. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential analysis, including Mann – Whitney U test and two-way between groups analysis of variance (ANOVA). ResultsAmong the 280 patients included in the analysis, the median (IQR) number of prescribed chronic medications was 12 (5.7) oral and 3 (2) parenteral medications. The median (IQR) pill-burden was 112 (55) pills/week. HD patients experienced higher pill-burden than non-dialysis patients [122 (61) vs. 109 (33) pills/week]; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.81). The most commonly prescribed oral medications were vitamin D (90.4%), sevelamer carbonate (65%), cinacalcet (67.5%), and statins (67.1%). Overall, patients who had high pill-burden (≥112 pills/week) had significantly higher perceived treatment burden compared to low pill-burden patients (<112 pills/week) [47(36.2) vs. 38.5(36.7); p = 0.0085]. However, two-way ANOVA showed that dialysis status is the significant contributor to the treatment-burden in the high overall pill-burden group (p < 0.01), the high oral-medication-burden group (p < 0.01), and the high parenteral-medication-burden group (p = 0.004). ConclusionsPatients with advanced CKD experienced a high pill-burden, which increases the treatment burden; however, the dialysis status of the patient is the main factor affecting the overall treatment burden. Future intervention studies should target this population with an aim to reduce polypharmacy, pill-burden, and treatment burden, which may ultimately improve CKD patients’ quality of life.
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spelling Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney diseaseAsmaa, Al-mansouriHamad, Abdullah IbrahimAl-Ali, Fadwa SaqrIbrahim, Mohamed Izham MohamedKheir, NadirAl-Ziftawi, Nour HishamIbrahim, Rania AbdelazizAlBakri, MunaAwaisu, AhmedTreatment burdenMedication burdenPill-burdenPolypharmacyChronic kidney diseaseHemodialysisIntroductionChronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with multimorbidity and high treatment burden. Pill-burden is one component of the overall treatment burden. However, little is known about its magnitude and contribution to the overall treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of CKD. This study aimed to quantify the magnitude of pill-burden in dialysis-dependent vs. non-dialysis-dependent advanced-stage CKD patients and its association with treatment burden. MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study for the assessment of pill-burden and treatment burden among non-dialysis and hemodialysis (HD)-dependent CKD patients. Pill-burden was quantified as “number of pills/patient/week” through electronic medical record, while treatment burden was assessed using the “Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ)”. Furthermore, oral and parenteral medication burden was also quantified. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential analysis, including Mann – Whitney U test and two-way between groups analysis of variance (ANOVA). ResultsAmong the 280 patients included in the analysis, the median (IQR) number of prescribed chronic medications was 12 (5.7) oral and 3 (2) parenteral medications. The median (IQR) pill-burden was 112 (55) pills/week. HD patients experienced higher pill-burden than non-dialysis patients [122 (61) vs. 109 (33) pills/week]; however, this difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.81). The most commonly prescribed oral medications were vitamin D (90.4%), sevelamer carbonate (65%), cinacalcet (67.5%), and statins (67.1%). Overall, patients who had high pill-burden (≥112 pills/week) had significantly higher perceived treatment burden compared to low pill-burden patients (<112 pills/week) [47(36.2) vs. 38.5(36.7); p = 0.0085]. However, two-way ANOVA showed that dialysis status is the significant contributor to the treatment-burden in the high overall pill-burden group (p < 0.01), the high oral-medication-burden group (p < 0.01), and the high parenteral-medication-burden group (p = 0.004). ConclusionsPatients with advanced CKD experienced a high pill-burden, which increases the treatment burden; however, the dialysis status of the patient is the main factor affecting the overall treatment burden. Future intervention studies should target this population with an aim to reduce polypharmacy, pill-burden, and treatment burden, which may ultimately improve CKD patients’ quality of life.The study received funding from Qatar University (grant number: QUCG- CPH-22/23-592 and QUST-CPH-SPR/2017-19).Elsevier2023-05-04T06:47:56Z2023-03-18Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2023.03.008Al-mansouri, A., Hamad, A. I., Al-Ali, F. S., Ibrahim, M. I. M., Kheir, N., Al-Ziftawi, N. H., ... & Awaisu, A. (2023). Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.1319-0164https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016423000580http://hdl.handle.net/10576/423245312213-7475enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/423242024-07-23T13:53:05Z
spellingShingle Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
Asmaa, Al-mansouri
Treatment burden
Medication burden
Pill-burden
Polypharmacy
Chronic kidney disease
Hemodialysis
status_str publishedVersion
title Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
title_full Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
title_fullStr Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
title_full_unstemmed Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
title_short Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
title_sort Pill-burden and its association with treatment burden among patients with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease
topic Treatment burden
Medication burden
Pill-burden
Polypharmacy
Chronic kidney disease
Hemodialysis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2023.03.008
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016423000580
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/42324