QUALITY of lifePSYCHOLOGICAL stressHEALTH literacyThe article discusses the impact does knowledge about one's kidney disease help patients' quality of life and the ability to take medication and have a lifestyle that preserved kidney health. It mentions that high amount of health literac...
Many tools are used to examine the Quality of Life (QOL) of patients with kidney disease, but little is known about how culturally relevant they are and why one should utilise one tool over another. As part of a larger study on the QOL of dialysis patients in United Arab Emirates, the ...
The consequences for the living kidney donors appear to be not so clear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of life after living kidney donation.Material/Methods: A total of 66 living donor open nephrectomies were performed in the Department of General and Transplantation ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether urostomy improves quality of life and cost of surgery, in terms of complications, loss of kidney function and hospital stay, in these patients. Material and methods. This prospective study included 52 consecutive patients (nine men and 43 women) ...
New research reveals that pruritus, or itchy skin, affects a substantial percentage of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study, which appears in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), also i
Quality of life (QoL) refers to the physical, psychological, social and medical aspects of life that are influenced by health status and function. The purpose of this study was to measure the self-perceived health status among the elderly population across Europe in different stages of Chronic ...
Long-term quality of life in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury treated with renal replacement therapy: a matched cohort study Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We compa....
The greater the severity of a child's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, the more negative impacts on the child's health-related quality of life from the perspective of the child and the parent, a new study by a Baylor University psychologist has found. ...
Prescribing a low-protein diet (LPD) is part of the standard management of patients in advanced stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, studies on the quality of life (QoL) of patients on LPDs are lacking, and the impact these diets have on their QoL is often given as a reason...
Factors associated with health-related quality of life after successful kidney transplantation: a population-based study Introduction Kidney transplantation improves the quality of life of end-stage renal disease patients. The quality of life benefits, however, pertain... Maristela,Bohlke,Stela,... -...