"quality of life" for patients with end-stage renal failure

Elaine Fox; Kathryn Peace; T. J. Neale; R. B.I. Morrison; P. J. Hatfield; G. Mellsop

doi:10.3109/08860229109022144

"quality of life" for patients with end-stage renal failure

Elaine Fox^*
, Kathryn Peace
, T. J. Neale
, R. B.I. Morrison
, P. J. Hatfield
, G. Mellsop

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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 indicated that home hemodialysis patients achieve the highest quality of life in comparison to the other two treatment modalities. It is concluded that the QL-Index has some discriminative validity for this patient population, and its use may contribute to informed decision making by both patients and doctors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-35
Number of pages	5
Journal	Renal Failure
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/08860229109022144
Publication status	Published - 1991

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Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Nephrology

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