Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life, Medication Adherence, and Prevalence of Depression in Kidney Failure Patients.

Muhammad Daoud Butt Siew Chin OngFatima Zahid ButtAhsan Sajjad Muhammad Fawad Rasool Imran Imran Tanveer Ahmad Faleh Alqahtani Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)

Patients on maintenance dialysis for kidney failure have a significant burden of physical and mental symptoms, depression, and low HRQOL. Given the substantial and well-known declines in physical and psychological well-being among kidney failure patients receiving hemodialysis, the findings of this research imply that these areas related to health should receive special attention in the growing and expanding population of kidney failure patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
mental health
healthcare
depressive symptoms
public health
physical activity
risk factors
patient reported outcomes
sleep quality
risk assessment
working memory