“Quality of Life” for Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure

Fox, Elaine; Peace, Kathryn; Neale, T. J.; Morrison, R.; Hatfield, P. J.; Mellsop, Graham

doi:10.3109/08860229109022144

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“…End stage renal disease (ESRD) is one such chronic disease causing a high level of disability in different domains of the patients’ lives, leading to impaired QOL 34…”

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An assessment of the quality of life in hemodialysis patients using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire

Sathvik¹,

Parthasarathi²,

Narahari³

et al. 2008

Indian J Nephrol

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A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of hemodialysis patients. An attempt was made to compare the QOL of hemodialysis patients with the QOL of the general population, renal transplant patients, and patients with a chronic disease, in this case, asthma. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life. Hemodialysis patients who had completed three months of maintenance hemodialysis (n = 75) were enrolled into the study. The quality of life of hemodialysis patients was found to be significantly impaired (P < 0.05) in comparison to healthy individuals of the general population, particularly with respect to the physical, psychological, and social relationship domains. In comparison to the quality of life of renal transplant patients, the quality of life of hemodialysis patients was significantly (P < 0.05) lower in all the four WHOQOL-BREF domains. Only in the environmental dimension was the quality of life of hemodialysis patients found to be significantly lower than that of the asthma patients. Female hemodialysis patients showed significantly (P < 0.05) lower quality of life than did male patients in the psychological and environmental dimensions of WHOQOL-BREF. A positive association was seen between higher education and the psychological functioning and the environmental dimensions of WHOQOL-BREF. Thus, the quality of life of hemodialysis patients was found to be considerably impaired when compared to that of healthy individuals of the general population as well as of renal transplant patients.

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“…End stage renal disease (ESRD) is one such chronic disease causing a high level of disability in different domains of the patients’ lives, leading to impaired QOL 34…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An assessment of the quality of life in hemodialysis patients using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire

Sathvik¹,

Parthasarathi²,

Narahari³

et al. 2008

Indian J Nephrol

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“…Among the various modalities of treatment, home hemodialysis has rapidly shown many advantages; it offers excellent survival [5, 6, 7, 8, 9], rehabilitation [10], quality of life [11, 12, 13, 14]and in addition is also less expensive than center hemodialysis [15, 16]. For all these reasons, this mode of therapy should have progressively increased, but paradoxically, since 1980, home hemodialysis has continuously declined [16, 17].…”

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The Decline of Home Hemodialysis: How and Why?

Féraud¹,

Wauters²

1999

Nephron

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“…Lastly, but vitally in considering quality of life instruments, the tool should be applicable to the Chinese culture. The vocabulary and syntax in one instrument may not conform to current usage in another culture (Fox et al 1991). In considering the KDQOL‐SF, the two items related to sex are too sensitive for the Chinese population.…”

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