Psychometric Properties of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-Item Short-Form Survey (KDQOL-36) in the United States

Psychometric Properties of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-Item Short-Form Survey (KDQOL-36) in the United States.

BACKGROUND The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services require that dialysis patients' health-related quality of life be assessed annually. The primary instrument used for this purpose is the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-Item Short-Form Survey (KDQOL-36), which includes the SF-12 as its generic core and 3 kidney disease-targeted scales: Burden of Kidney Disease, Symptoms and Problems of K...

The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection.

A 36-item short-form (SF-36) was constructed to survey health status in the Medical Outcomes Study. The SF-36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The SF-36 includes one multi-item scale that assesses eight health concepts: 1) limitations in physical activities because of health problems; 2) limitations in social acti...

Is the kidney disease quality of life-36 (KDQOL-36) a valid instrument for Chinese dialysis patients?

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Cantonese Chinese version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36™) questionnaire. The scale has been translated into Cantonese Chinese, but has not been tested among the Cantonese-speaking populations. METHODS A total of 110 dialysis patients and 122 renal transplant patients were recruited. The d...

The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36).

Responsiveness of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey and the Lupus Quality of Life questionnaire in SLE.

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to estimate the responsiveness to change of a generic [the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)] and a specific health-related quality of life questionnaire [the Lupus Quality if Life questionnaire (LupusQoL)] according to SLE patients' self-reported changes in health status. METHODS In a cohort of 185 SLE patients, quality of life (QoL) was measured three time...