Health related quality of life of dialysis patients in Malaysia: Haemodialysis versus continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.

Naren Kumar SurendraMohd Rizal Abdul ManafLai Seong HooiSunita BavanandanFariz Safhan Mohamad NorShahnaz Shah Firdaus KhanLoke Meng OngAbdul Halim Abdul Gafor

Published in: BMC nephrology (2019)

The present cross-sectional study shows that CAPD patients have a higher utility index score than HD patients but this was not statistically significant. The utilities index score may be used to calculate QALYs.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
blood pressure
patient reported outcomes
patient reported