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. 1991 Feb;21(1):237-43.
doi: 10.1017/s0033291700014823.

The Endstage Renal Disease Severity Index (ESRD-SI)

J Craven  1 , C Littlefield, G Rodin, M Murray
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The Endstage Renal Disease Severity Index (ESRD-SI)

J Craven et al. Psychol Med. 1991 Feb.

Abstract

Measures of disease severity are required as experimental, control and outcome variables in studies of the psychosocial aspects of physical illness. The Endstage Renal Disease Severity Index (ESRD-SI) was developed for these purposes during a prospective study of patient adjustment to dialysis and endstage renal disease (ESRD). It was found to have adequate inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct and predictive validity in two subsamples (total N = 233) of dialysis patients. The ESRD-SI is suitable as a sensitive indicator of disease severity in these patients.

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