Tools used for assessing health related quality of life in hemodialysis patients: A narrative review

6^th Annual conference on Clinical & Pediatric Nephrology

May 09-10, 2016 New Orleans, USA

Mohammad Hayat and Nomanul Haq

University of Balochistan, Pakistan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nephrol Ther

Abstract :

Quality of Life is individual�s own perception regarding his position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which he live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. Within the context the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) has focus on the effect of health, disease and treatment on quality of life. It is a fact that almost in all chronic diseases the health is affected therefore it is said to be HRQOL although in life there is many valuable things like income, the living standard and living style which are not to be considered as health but the lack of this valuable things may adversely affect the health. HRQOL is mainly used to restore health, preserve function and also well being which are related to health, the health related quality of life is measured to provide the impact of the chronic disease to the health care provider. Similarly, in chronic kidney disease patients, who undergo the Hemodialysis (HD) have negative impact on health related quality of life, in HD the dialyzer act as a artificial kidney and clean the blood from the excess fluids, minerals and wastes, it also normalize the blood pressure and also to balance the hormones which keep the body strong and the body is able to make red blood cells. In HD the assessment of HRQoL has been carried out to provide information regarding the physical, mental and well being and also provides information to revise the strategies about the negative outcome. The present review study was conducted to determine the tools used for assessing HRQOL. The review included all the previous studies carried out from 2000 to 2015; total of 54 studies which are conducted during the review period which had both the generic and disease specific tools. The generic questionnaire used were EURO/QoL-5D (EQ-5D), SF-36 and WHQOL and the disease specific includes was KDQOL. The most frequently used generic tools was SF-36, whereas, disease specific tool was KDQOL.

Biography :

Email: mohammadhayatrph@gmail.com