INTRODUCTION There is a known association between low scores for quality of life (QOL) and higher rates of hospitalization, mortality in hemodialysis vascular access catheter, older age, lack of regular occupation, presence of comorbidities and hypoalbuminemia. There is still no agreement about the influence of sex, educational level, socioeconomic status and treatment time on the worst levels ...

The objective of the present study was to translate the Kidney Disease Quality of Life -- Short Form (KDQOL-SF 1.3) questionnaire into Portuguese to adapt it culturally and validate it for the Brazilian population. The KDQOL-SF was translated into Portuguese and back-translated twice into English. Patient difficulties in understanding the questionnaire were evaluated by a panel of experts and s...

Objective: To elicit quality of life chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with routine hemodialysis receiving erythropoietin from clinical and humanistic outcome, to analysis characteristic factors Hb, fatique the (QOL) CKD hemodialysis, explore change in QOL over one month for managed hospitals. Methods: A prospective study was conducted among adult Haji Adam Malik Hospital Medan. measured us...

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Thai version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36 (KDQOL-36) questionnaire. The KDQOL-36 questionnaire consists of the short-form 12 health survey, and three dimensions of kidney disease questionnaires (the Symptom/ Problem List, Effects of Kidney Disease on Daily Life, and Burden of Kidney Disease). Methods: Subjects were 167 hemod...

Introduction Renal diseases are among the major health problems around the world that cause major changes in patients' lifestyle and affect their quality of lives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Iran through a meta-analysis. Materials and Methods This study was conducted using authentic Persian and English keywords in...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has recently become an important issue. It reportedly affects morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study, we investigated whether early referral and planned dialysis improve the HRQOL and depression of patients with ESRD. METHODS We prospectively enrolled newly diagnosed patients with ESRD, from 31 h...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The effects of different hemoglobin targets when using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents on quality of life are somewhat controversial, and predictors of change in quality of life in endstage renal disease have not been well characterized. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Five hundred ninety-six incident hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac ...

BACKGROUND The disabling symptoms, various food and fluid restrictions, restrictions to social life and stigma and taboos attached to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), have shown to pose a significant bearing on a patient's Quality of Life (QOL). In the present study the Kidney Disease QOL-Short Form (KDQOL-SF™) was culturally adapted, modified and translated into Sinhala and validity and reliabili...

BACKGROUND Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) instruments need disease and country specific validation. In Arab countries, there is no specific validated questionnaire for assessment of HRQOL in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The aim of this study was to present an Arabic translation, adaptation, and the subsequent validation of the kidney disease quality of life-short form (KDQOL-S...

Background: Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) instruments need disease and country specific validation. In Arab countries, there is no specific validated questionnaire for assessment of HRQOL in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The aim of this study was to present an Arabic translation, adaptation, and the subsequent validation of the kidney disease quality of life-short form (KDQOL-...