Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis have an increase in proinflammatory cytokines. The quality of life chronic is affected by inflammation. Assessment CKD done using the Kidney Disease Quality Life Short Form Survey 36 questionnaire (KDQOL SF-36). Garlic (Allium sativum) has anti-inflammatory components. This study was conducted to determine effect giving garlic extrac...

Aim: This study was conducted in order to determine the dermatological and kidney disease quality of life patients with uremic pruritus receiving hemodialysis treatment. Material Methods: The present a descriptive study. sample comprised 200 HD patients. participants were required complete patient information form, 5-D-Itch scale, Dermatological Quality Life Index (DLQI) Kidney Disease Form (KD...

BACKGROUND There is controversy regarding whether an incremental increase in hemoglobin levels is associated with improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients treated with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). We hypothesized that HRQOL in anemic CKD patients has a multifactorial etiology, including the effects of anemia and inflammation. ...

OBJECTIVE To translate, validate and assess the reliability of kidney disease quality of life - short form (KDQOL-SF-36) in Urdu, national language of Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Amulticentric descriptive cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Nephrology, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from February to July 2015. METHODOLOGY Patients of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maint...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity, reliability and sensitivity of the disease-specific items of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36) in Chinese patients undergoing maintenance dialysis. METHODS The content validity was assessed by content validity index (CVI) in ten subjects. 356 subjects were recruited for pilot psychometric testing. The internal construct va...

Chronic kidney disease has high morbidity and mortality a major impact on patients' daily lives quality of life. It aimed to assess the life patients with chronic disease, hemodialysis. Cross-sectional analytical study quantitative approach, performed in hemodialysis clinic, Porangatu/GO, 102 patients, undergoing hemodialysis, using KDQOL-SF instrument socioeconomic-demographic questionnaire. I...

BACKGROUND Poor nutritional status and worse healthrelated quality of life (QoL) have been reported in haemodialysis (HD) patients. The utilization of generic and disease specific QoL questionnaires in the same population may provide a better understanding of the significance of nutrition in QoL dimensions. OBJECTIVE To assess nutritional status by easy to use parameters and to evaluate the p...

Objetivos: Avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) doentes renais crônicos hospitalizados em tratamento dialítico, identificar quais dimensões estão mais comprometidas e verificar se há relação entre QV as características clínicas dos pacientes. Métodos: Trata-se um estudo caráter transversal analítico, que participaram da pesquisa 51 pacientes com doença renal crônica (DRC) dialítico. Foram utilizado...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an important outcome in the treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and appears to be highly associated with patient self-report of symptom burden. This study examines the longitudinal validity of the modified Edmonton symptom assessment system (ESAS) to determine the impact of change in symptom burden on the change in HRQL of haemodialysi...