Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Hemodialysis in Medellín (Colombia).

Luis Felipe Higuita-GutiérrezJuan José Velasco-CastañoJudy Natalia Jiménez

Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2019)

The result of this study revealed the impact on the quality of life of Colombian patients undergoing hemodialysis with chronic kidney disease who were highly affected by the disease burden. KDQOL-36 has excellent properties of reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant power; thus, its use is recommended in subsequent studies to monitor HRQL in this population.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
patients undergoing
case control