Health related quality of life among haemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients from Nepal: a cross sectional study using WHOQOL-BREF.

Kamal RanabhatPratik KhanalShiva Raj MishraAnu KhanalSangita TripathiMahesh Raj Sigdel

Published in: BMC nephrology (2020)

The overall QOL of the renal transplant recipients was higher than that of the patients on maintenance haemodialysis; this was true in all four domains of the WHOQOL-BREF. ESRD patients with low HRQOL could benefit from targeted risk modification intervention.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
randomized controlled trial
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
cancer therapy
tertiary care