Abstract Background and Aims Mental health is important for well-being at every stage of life disease. problems are common bothersome in chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD poorly understood evaluated. To address the importance mental CKD, we analyzed a prospective cohort database from cohort. Method We 1897 participants KNOW-CKD evaluated 4 items as indicators patient-reported health: sleep dura...

A doença renal crônica possui alta predominância em variadas faixas etárias da população. Quando há a perda função renal, adotam-se terapias renais substitutivas, como hemodiálise. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar qualidade de vida dos pacientes crônicos tratamento hemodialítico. O trata-se abordagem quantitativa, descritivo e transversal. coleta dados ocorreu através aplicação...

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to research the frequency of musculoskeletal manifestations patients receiving hemodialysis treatment, and evaluate relationship between quality life these patients. Methods: Patients undergoing for at least 6 months were included in our study. asked complete a questionnaire that formed by investigators including demographic, clinical features, symptoms frequ...

Abstract Background and Aims ADPKD is the most common inherited kidney disease in man, a major cause of end-stage renal significant medical economic burden worldwide. However, impact this on quality life patients with preserved function has not been systematically explored. Method The CYSTic I study was an observational, prospective designed to natural history adult (eGFR ≥30 ml/min/1.73m2). 46...

BACKGROUND Kidney transplant patients on tolerance protocols avoid the morbidity associated with the use of conventional chronic immunosuppressive regimens. However, the impact of tolerance versus conventional regimens on the quality of life (QOL) of kidney transplant patients is unknown. METHODS Five patients who achieved long-term immunosuppression-free renal allograft survival after combin...

Subjective symptom assessment should be a fundamental component of health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessment in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Unfortunately, no symptom checklist has established reliability or validity in ESRD. We report the validation of a modified Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in 507 dialysis patients who concurrently completed the Kidney Dialysis Quality ...

Abstract Background and Aims Little is known about the quality of life (QoL) patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Understanding relationship between disease activity (as measured by urine protein excretion [UPE]) QoL could allow decision-makers to understand how treatments that improve UPE might patient QoL. Methods The 2021 United States subset Adelphi IgAN Disease Specific Programme™ was a p...