Review article

QUALITY OF LIFE OF DIALYSIS PATIENTS

NATAŠA MRDULJAŠ-ĐUJIĆ ; QUALITY OF LIFE OF DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Abstract

Measuring the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is part of the general concept of quality of life. According to the survey, quality of life in dialysis patients is signifi cantly lower as compared to general population. The aim is to show the importance and impact of the quality of life in dialysis patients on treatment outcomes. In October 2016, the MEDLINE and EBSCO databases were searched for the 2005-2016 period. Kidney transplantation offers better HRQOL as compared to dialysis, since there is no signifi cant difference in HRQOL between patients on hemodialysis and those on peritoneal dialysis. Good clinical practice in the treatment of dialysis patients is based on individual approach and on improving the
quality of life, for which collaboration of family doctors and consultant nephrologists is necessary. In daily practice, using questionnaires on the quality of life of dialysis patients would increase the awareness of this very important segment of care for dialysis patients because quality of life is an outcome measure of treatment in these patients.

Keywords

dialysis; family physician; chronic renal disease; quality of life

Hrčak ID:

179205

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/179205

Publication date:

6.4.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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