1991
DOI: 10.3109/08860229109022144
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“Quality of Life” for Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure

Abstract: The assessment of health status and quality of life among chronically ill patients is an area of current scientific interest. This paper considers the utility of a short but comprehensive instrument to assess the quality of life for end-stage renal failure patients. the Spitzer QL-Index was completed by 8 nurses for all patients in the Wellington region currently being treated with home hemodialysis (n = 58); hospital hemodialysis (n = 13); and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (n = 37). Results indica… Show more

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“…End stage renal disease (ESRD) is one such chronic disease causing a high level of disability in different domains of the patients’ lives, leading to impaired QOL 34…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…End stage renal disease (ESRD) is one such chronic disease causing a high level of disability in different domains of the patients’ lives, leading to impaired QOL 34…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among the various modalities of treatment, home hemodialysis has rapidly shown many advantages; it offers excellent survival [5, 6, 7, 8, 9], rehabilitation [10], quality of life [11, 12, 13, 14]and in addition is also less expensive than center hemodialysis [15, 16]. For all these reasons, this mode of therapy should have progressively increased, but paradoxically, since 1980, home hemodialysis has continuously declined [16, 17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lastly, but vitally in considering quality of life instruments, the tool should be applicable to the Chinese culture. The vocabulary and syntax in one instrument may not conform to current usage in another culture (Fox et al 1991). In considering the KDQOL‐SF, the two items related to sex are too sensitive for the Chinese population.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%