Open AccessQuality Of Life And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients: Testing The Concepts And Assessing The Measures
Author(s) -
Issa Al Salmi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hsoa journal of nephrology and renal therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-7313
DOI - 10.24966/nrt-7313/100041
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , quality of life (healthcare) , end stage kidney disease , stage (stratigraphy) , end stage renal disease , quality (philosophy) , disease , kidney disease , medicine , intensive care medicine , gerontology , geography , biology , nursing , paleontology , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology
Little is known about how patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) view their life quality, yet this is an outcome of increasing importance. Most research in this area has been conducted within a certain Western countries’ context using measures that have not been validated within our region context.