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PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 1237-1245Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-019-04209-7
Keywords
Pediatrics; Socioeconomic status; Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Transplantation
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- National Health and Medical Research BEAT-CKD program grant
- Ludwig Engel Research Fellowship
- NHMRC postgraduate scholarship [APP 1115259]
- NHMRC career development fellowship [APP 1147657]
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Objective To determine the association of socioeconomic disadvantage and parent-rated health in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods A total of 377 children (aged 6-18 years) with CKD stages I-V (n=199), on dialysis (n=43), or with a kidney transplant (n=135) were recruited from 2012 to 2016 in Australia and New Zealand. Associations of five socioeconomic status (SES) components and the global SES index with parent-rated health of the child were examined using adjusted logistic regression. Results The median age of participants was 12.6 years (interquartile range (IQR) 8.9-15.5). In the entire cohort, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for poor parent-rated health were 1.85 (1.13-3.03) for lower household income, 1.78 (1.08-2.96) for families that did not own their own home, 2.50 (1.50-4.16) for caregivers who rated their financial status as poor, 0.84 (0.51-1.38) for lower educational attainment, and 1.68 (1.04-2.72) for children whose primary caregivers were unemployed. With reference to the highest global SES index quartile, adjusted ORs for poor parent-rated health in descending order were 1.49 (0.69-3.21), 2.11 (1.06-4.20), and 2.20 (1.09-4.46), respectively. The association between low SES and poor parent-rated health was modified by CKD stage, where lower global SES index was independently associated with poor parent-rated health in children with CKD stages I-V, but not children on dialysis or with kidney transplants (p=0.04). Conclusions Low SES is associated with poor parent-rated health in children with CKD stages I-V, but not children on dialysis and with kidney transplants.
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