measuring health related quality of life (hrqol) in renal transplant patients: psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of kidney transplant questionnaire (ktq-25) in persian

Measuring Health Related Quality of Life (Hrqol) in Renal Transplant Patients: Psychometric Properties and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (Ktq-25) in Persian

BACKGROUND Different measuring tools have been used to understand the outcomes of renal replacement therapies. The goal of renal transplantation is both to ensure survival, and to promote quality of life in the patients. One of the widely used disease-specific instruments to measure the quality of life is the Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (KTQ-25). OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to perf...

health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients

ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN 50 PATIENTS WHILE UNDER HEMODIALYSIS AND FOLLOWING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

The quality of life of 50 end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis was evaluated before and after kidney transplantation (KTx). Mean duration of the patients' hemodialysis was 3 years and mean postoperative period was 2.4 years when tested. Common problems of such patients such as depression, sleep disorders, energy pattern disruption, sex-life difficulties, and appetite dis...

Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients

I have read with interest the paper of Tayyebi et al. (1) and I am impressed by the efforts that the authors made to elaborate the Iranian version of the kidney transplant questionnaire (KTQ-25) and I would like to congratulate the authors for the effect of their work. Renal transplantation is a method that improves both patient survival and quality of life, and is cost-effective in patients wi...

Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of Persian Version of Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ)

Objective: Foot disorders, especially pain and deformities, are common patients’ complaints. Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) was developed with the aim of assessing general and foot health specifically in chronic foot disorders. The purpose of the current study is cross cultural adaptation of FHSQ to Persian language and evaluating psychometric properties of the translated version. Met...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of dialysis and kidney transplant in patients with renal impairment using disability adjusted life years in Iran

Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) using data from the records of patients referred to Afzalipour Hospital of Kerman in 2012.   Methods: This cross-sectional...