Hope predicted quality of life in dyads of community-dwelling patients receiving hemodialysis and their family caregivers.

Sami Al-RawashedehAli AlshraifeenMohammad RababaAla Ashour

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)

All domains of QoL of patients and their FCGs are related to their own level of hope. Better FCGs' environment domain of QoL was linked to high patients' levels of hope. Improving QoL may be achieved by targeting and improving hope in both members of the dyad.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
community dwelling
patient reported
drug induced