Quality Of Life And End Stage Kidney Disease: Conceptual And Theoretical Issues
Author(s) -
Issa Al Salmi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nephrology and renal therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-7313
DOI - 10.24966/nrt-7313/100037
Subject(s) - underpinning , quality of life (healthcare) , narrative , quality (philosophy) , end stage renal disease , management science , psychology , process management , disease , medicine , epistemology , engineering , psychotherapist , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , civil engineering
Quality of Life (QoL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) are multidimensional concepts. Several tools have been developed to measure these concepts. The aim of this narrative review is to gain a general understanding of QoL concepts, track its theoretical development, and identify the theoretical framework underpinning the concept.
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