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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Quality of Life and Symptom Burden among Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu) Patients in Girandurukotte, Sri Lanka.

Hansani Madushika Abeywickrama, Swarna Wimalasiri, Yu Koyama, Mieko Uchiyama, Utako Shimizu, Nahoko Kakihara, Rohana Chandrajith, Nishantha Nanayakkara

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hansani Madushika AbeywickramaGraduate School of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 2-746, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1601-6897
Swarna WimalasiriDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Kandy 20400, Sri Lanka.
Yu KoyamaGraduate School of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 2-746, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9743-6473
Mieko UchiyamaGraduate School of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 2-746, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan.
Utako ShimizuGraduate School of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 2-746, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan.
Nahoko KakiharaGraduate School of Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, 2-746, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8518, Japan.
Rohana ChandrajithDepartment of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Kandy 20400, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-3072-5240
Nishantha NanayakkaraTransplant and Dialysis Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka.
Niigata University · JPUniversity of Peradeniya · LKTeaching Hospital Kandy · LK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symptom burden and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are important predictors of how a disease affects patients' lives, especially for endemic health problems such as chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu). Our study describes symptom burden, HRQOL, and associated demographic and clinical variables in CKDu patients in the Girandurukotte area, Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study included 120 CKDu patients attending the renal clinic in the endemic area. The instruments applied were the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form (KDQOL-SF

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Quality of LifeRenal Insufficiency, ChronicAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHand StrengthHumansMaleMiddle AgedSri Lankachronic kidney disease of uncertain etiologyhealth-related quality of lifeSri Lankasymptom burden

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