...Markus Hakamäki; Mikko J. Järvisalo; Roosa Lankinen; Niina Koivuviita; Jussi P. Pärkkä; Andrea Kozak-Barany; Tapio Hellman; Kaj Metsärinne Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a profound effect on patients’ health-related quality of life (QoL). Longitudinal studies on QoL in CKD...

... randomized to T-APD ( n = 29) or RPM-APD ( n = 28) at 12 weeks and followed until 25 weeks. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL), patient and medical staff satisfaction with RPM-APD, and dialysis-related outcomes were compared between the 2 groups. Results: We found no significant differences in HRQOL...

... Elderly Geriatric assessment Quality of life The chronic kidney disease population is ageing and an increasing number of older patients start with dialysis [ 1 ]. Over the past decade the number of octogenarians on dialysis has almost doubled [ 2 ]. Approximately half of the octogenarians...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Deferred action for childhood arrivals End-stage kidney disease Immigrant Kidney transplantation Quality of life I am now seeing...

... is more variable. We examined the associations of CKD with depression, perceived health status, and quality of life in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012. Methods: This study included 4,075 adults. Depression was defined as a condition when a Patient Health...

..., and quality of life in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) and living donors (LD). Methods: In KTR, we assessed saliva melatonin concentrations, sleep quality and daytime sleepiness prior to and at 2 weeks and 3 months after transplantation. In LD, we assessed these parameters prior to and at 3 months after...

..., BDI), quality of life (Quality of Life Index, QLI) and personality (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, EPQ) parameters, was performed with validated questionnaires at the beginning and the end of the ERRP. After training significant improvement occurred in physical capacity (VO 2maχ increased from...

...Andreas Laupacis; Nancy Pus; Norman Muirhead; Cindy Wong; Beryl Ferguson; Paul Keown A disease-specific questionnaire to assess the quality of life of renal transplant recipients was developed. A list of items of potential relevance to these patients was created and 50 transplant recipients rated...

...Andreas Laupacis; Norman Muirhead; Paul Keown; Cindy Wong A disease-specific questionnaire was developed for patients receiving chronic hemodialysis by interviewing patients to determine which aspects of their quality of life were adversely affected by their disease. The final questionnaire...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dialysis Transplantation Quality of life Nephron 25: 117 120(1980) Quality of Life of Dialysis and Transplanted Patients A. Kaplan De-Nour and J. Shanan Department of Psychiatry...

...K.-U. Eckardt 15 years after recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) has become available for the treatment of renal anemia, the target hemoglobin concentration to be achieved is still controversial. A positive impact of partial correction of renal anemia on quality of life has been conclusively...

... weeks of regular muscle endurance exercise training, whereas there was no significant change in static muscle endurance and quality of life in either group. None of the values changed for the uraemic comparison group nor the healthy comparison group during the observation period. Elderly predialysis...

.... Predialysis intervention Patient education Quality of life Psychoeducation Current consensus favors early identification and intervention for patients anticipated to reach the end-stage of progressive renal failure and for whom ongoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) will be necessary [ 1...

...Gabriele Helga Franke; Jens Reimer; Mathias Kohnle; Peter Luetkes; Nicole Maehner; Uwe Heemann The End-Stage Renal Disease Symptom Checklist – Transplantation Module (ESRD-SCL ® ) was developed to assess the specific physical and psychological quality of life of renal transplant recipients...

... of disability. Thus, quality of life was stable or improved in PR, but declined in PC; PR benefited more than DR. Rehabilitation services are more beneficial before than after patients stabilize on dialysis, and quality of life monitoring should continue indefinitely. 4 6 1999 Patients’ average age...