ArticleInternational journal of nephrology2021
Kidney Disease-Specific Quality of Life among Patients on Hemodialysis.
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- Depression, Anxiety, Stress Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients: Cross-Sectional Findings from a Romanian Cohort.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- A PRECEDE-PROCEED-based educational program: enhancing self-care and quality of life with implications for biochemical outcomes in hemodialysis patients.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Health-related quality of life among the patients undergoing dialysis in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Southern India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Quality of Life Among Hemodialysis Patients Attending Dialysis Centers in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Quality of life experience in physically frail people on renal dialysis: A qualitative meta-synthesis on the difficulties and resources for better health care.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025Review
- Association of dietary minerals and phosphorus to protein ratio with quality of life in Iranian Hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of a psychoeducational nursing program on self-efficacy and psychological adjustment in hemodialysis patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The perceived levels of stress, anxiety and depression among family caregivers of patients undergoing haemodialysis and their association with quality of life.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- A Cross-Sectional Multivariable Analysis of the Quality of Hemodialysis Patients' Life in Lahore City, Pakistan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Psychological Indices and Health-Related Quality of Life in Renal Replacement Therapy: A Three Groups Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of nephrology · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life and its predictors among chronic kidney disease patients: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Quality of life among hemodialysis patients in a referral center in Kathmandu: A mixed method study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Relationship between uncertainty in illness and hope in patients undergoing haemodialysis in Iran: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Quality of life and social reinsertion of patients on maintenance haemodialysis in four government funded hospitals in Cameroon.BMC nephrology · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionQuality of life (QoL) of hemodialysis patients can be examined in two aspects: kidney-specific quality of life and general quality of life.
objectiveTo determine the QoL among patients undergoing hemodialysis, to assess patients' QoL on hemodialysis, and to determine the factors associated with QoL among hemodialysis patients in Oman.
methodA cross-sectional study was carried out with 205 patients to measure the QoL across various demographic and clinical variables in Oman. The Arabic version of the KDQOL-SFtool was used to collect data from patients undergoing hemodialysis to give QoL quantitative measures.
resultsThe physical-QoL was 45.7 (95% CI, 44.3, 47.0), which is less than half that of a healthy human. The emotional-QoL is 53.33 (95% CI, 51.1, 55.5), slightly more than half in a healthy human-QoL. The difference between physical and emotional-QoL scores is -7.66 (95% CI, -10.3, -5.1), showing that physical QoL is significantly less than emotional-QoL. The overall general QoL score was 49.5 (95% CI, 47.8, 51.2), half the QoL score of a healthy human. Younger patients are also more likely to experience emotional problems compared with older patients. Patients with 5-8 mg/l levels of serum creatinine have lower emotional wellbeing. People on low incomes experienced social difficulties, while the maximum burden was found in physical activities and minimum social function.
conclusionBoth physical (45.7) and emotional (53.3) QoL scores in dialysis patients are nearly half those of an average human. Hence, there is a poor QoL among dialysis patients like other studies, and therefore, further improvement of renal rehabilitation in dialysis patients is warranted to improve patients' QoL.
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