2009
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1192023
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Quality of Life Among Diabetic and Non-diabetic Patients on Maintenance Haemodialysis

Abstract: To improve diabetic haemodialysis patients' quality of life, physical activity should be incorporated to the routine dialysis care and health care professionals should support them more intensively.

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“…All these problems limit daily activities and work capacity, lead to dependence on anti-diabetes drugs and disturbed sleep because of pain which affects physical health. A similar pattern of poor QOL has been reported in other studies (30,31). Furthermore, in the present study, QOL was markedly affected in patients with concomitant diabetes and hypertension compared with patients with diabetes alone because of the additional complications imposed by hypertension.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…All these problems limit daily activities and work capacity, lead to dependence on anti-diabetes drugs and disturbed sleep because of pain which affects physical health. A similar pattern of poor QOL has been reported in other studies (30,31). Furthermore, in the present study, QOL was markedly affected in patients with concomitant diabetes and hypertension compared with patients with diabetes alone because of the additional complications imposed by hypertension.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Not surprisingly, lower HRQOL indicated the more underlying comorbidities which independently and significantly affected outcome of HD patients with diabetes. Other studies have shown reduced health perceived physical aspects per se or both physical and mental aspects in HD diabetic patients (34,35). In the same way, most studies have reported that PCS is the predictor of mortality in HD diabetics while the minority has observed the further impact of MCS on patient outcome (34,36,37).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…However, very few studies have been performed that investigated which physical and psychosocial problems would be more associated with diabetes patients with nephropathy, and whether these problems would differ between patients with HD and those without HD [5,6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%