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Predictors of Quality of Life in Patients with End-stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis by Marc Saad; Youssef El-Douaihy; Elias Moussaly; Chetana Rondla; Christine Boumitri; Magda Daoud; Suzanne El Sayegh is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background Assessment of quality of life (QOL) of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients (physical, mental, and social well-being) has become an essential tool to develop better plans of care. Objective of this study is to determine which demographic and biochemical parameters correlate with the QOL scores in patients with ESRD on hemodialysis (HD) using Kidney Disease QOL-36 surveys (KDQOL). ## Methods A retrospective chart review of all ESRD patients who underwent HD at an outpatient center. The five components of the KDQOL were the primary end points of this study (burden of kidney disease, symptoms and problems, effects of kidney disease on daily life, mental component survey, and physical component survey). Scores were grouped into three categories (below average, average, and above average). In addition to demographics (age, sex, and race), the independent variables such as weight gain, number of years on dialysis, urea reduction ratio, calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, albumin, and hemoglobin in the serum were collected. Chi-square analysis for dependent variables and the nominal independent variables was used, and analysis of variance analysis was used for conti

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Author

Marc Saad; Youssef El-Douaihy; Elias Moussaly; Chetana Rondla; Christine Boumitri; Magda Daoud; Suzanne El Sayegh

Published

2015

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)