Kidney Disease Quality Of Life. Recent studies have indicated that even the earliest stages of chronic kidney disease ckd can have significant impacts on quality of life. A manual for use and scoring author.
Chronic kidney disease ckd affects up to 15 of the adult population and is strongly associated with other non communicable chronic diseases including diabetes. A manual for use and scoring author. This paper describes the kidney disease quality of life kdqol tm instrument dialysis version a self report measure that includes a 36 item health survey as the generic core supplemented with multi item scales targeted at particular concerns of individuals with kidney disease and on dialysis symptom problems effects of kidney disease on daily life burden of kidney disease cognitive function work status sexual function quality of social interaction sleep.
1 chronic kidney disease ckd is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
A self report measure developed for individuals with kidney disease and those on dialysis. Clinical laboratory and sociodemographic variables were investigated. Kdqol was developed by ron hays et al. A manual for use and scoring.