Reliability testing of the Danish version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form™

Mølsted, Stig; Heaf, James; Prescott, Lotte; Eidemak, Inge

doi:10.1080/00365590500240253

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“…Forty-three items are classified into 11 specific kidney-related scales: symptoms, effect of kidney disease, burden of kidney disease, work status, cognitive function, quality of social interactions, sexual function, sleep, social support, dialysis staff encouragement and patient satisfaction. The KDQOL-SF has been applied in several international studies on dialysis patients, and in a Scandinavian population [28]. The questionnaire was translated into Norwegian and back-translated to American English, as instructed by the Rand group.…”

Section: Measures Of Health-related Quality Of Life and Depressionmentioning

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Health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients: Associations with current smoking

Østhus

Dammen

Sandvik

et al. 2009

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

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Section: Measures Of Health-related Quality Of Life and Depressionmentioning

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Health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients: Associations with current smoking

Østhus

Dammen

Sandvik

et al. 2009

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

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“…The KDQOL-SF has been used in several studies of dialysis patients [26][27][28][29]. The English version has previously been translated into Danish and validated in Danish dialysis patients [30][31][32][33]. Dialysis patients completed both questionnaires, whereas diabetic patients with normal kidney function only completed the SF-36.…”

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Diabetic patients treated with dialysis: complications and quality of life

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Aims/hypothesis The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of complications, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the influence of beliefs about control over health in diabetic dialysis patients. Methods Of 53 eligible diabetic patients on chronic dialysis during January 2004 in our clinic, 38 (76%) completed a kidney-specific (Kidney Disease Quality of Life) and a generic (SF-36) questionnaire and were characterised in terms of cardiovascular diseases and diabetic complications. Matched groups of non-diabetic dialysis patients (n= 40) and diabetic patients with a long duration of diabetes and normal kidney function (n=38) served as controls. Generic HRQOL was compared with matched data from a survey on the Danish general population (n=2248).

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“…A higher score indicates better health. The reliability of the Danish version of KDQOL version 1.3 has recently been tested [14]. After removing the question 13e from the scale Quality of Social Interaction the Danish version reached values in the internal consistency reliability test equivalent to the original US version.…”

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Assessment and Clinical Aspects of Health-Related Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Mølsted¹,

Prescott²,

Heaf

et al. 2007

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Background/Aims: It is relevant to investigate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in dialysis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in order to optimise treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate HRQOL in dialysis and CKD patients, to compare results from patients treated with hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) and to investigate the prediction of dialysis quality control parameters (blood hemoglobin, plasma albumin, and Kt/V) and tobacco smoking in disease-specific HRQOL. Methods: Seventy-one HD, 59 PD, and 63 CKD patients participated in the study. Dialysis quality control parameters were measured and the patients completed the questionnaire Kidney Disease Quality Of Life. Results: PD patients rated Dialysis Staff Encouragement and Patient Satisfaction better than HD patients (p≤ 0.05). Dialysis patients scored significant lower than the general population in all generic HRQOL scales (p ≤ 0.01), whereas CKD patients scored lower than the general population in 5 of 8 scales (p ≤ 0.05). The dialysis quality parameters did not predict dialysis patients’ disease specific HRQOL, but tobacco consumption was independently associated with low scores on a number of HRQOL scales. Conclusion: Based on the results, it is suggested to include elements of HRQOL as a supplement to standard quality control parameters. It is also suggested routinely to include information of the beneficial effects of physical activity already in the predialysis program, and to focus on smoking as a very important risk factor.

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Reliability testing of the Danish version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form™

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients: Associations with current smoking

Health-related quality of life and depression in dialysis patients: Associations with current smoking

Diabetic patients treated with dialysis: complications and quality of life

Assessment and Clinical Aspects of Health-Related Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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