The impact of symptoms on health-related quality of life in elderly pre-dialysis patients: effect and importance in the EQUAL study
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2019
abstract:
Background. Quality of life (QoL) is an important outcome in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients feel that symptoms are an important determinant of QoL. However, this relation is unknown. The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of the number and severity of symptoms on QoL in elderly pre-dialysis patients, assessed by both the effect of symptoms and their importance relative to kidney function, and other clinical variables on QoL.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
CKD; clinical epidemiology; pre-dialysis; quality of life; symptoms
List of contributors:
Torino, Claudia
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