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Table 2 WHOQOL-BREF scores for patients and partners, raw mean (SD)

From: Quality of life improved for patients after starting dialysis but is impaired, initially, for their partners: a multi-centre, longitudinal study

 

Patients

Partners

Pre-dialysis

6 weeks

12 weeks

Pre-dialysis

6 weeks

12 weeks

n = 83

n = 45

n = 39

n = 83

n = 45

n = 39

WHOQOL General QOL

2.8 (.9)

3.2 (.9)

3.3 (.9)

3.5 (.9)

3.3 (.8)

3.5 (.8)

WHOQOL Physical

46.4 (21.9)

49.8 (22.3)

54.9 (21.0)

67.3 (21.3)

66.8 (19.2)

67.9 (20.5)

WHOQOL Psychological

61.7 (18.6)

61.4 (21.0)

61.5 (18.8)

66.0 (18.6)

64.9 (15.8)

62.9 (20.1)

WHOQOL Social

63.2 (21.1)

63.8 (21.1)

66.6 (21.0)

64.8 (16.7)

65.0 (16.6)

65.5 (16.1)

WHOQOL Environmental

67.4 (15.1)

68.0 (19.9)

68.0 (16.4)

67.8 (15.9)

70.1 (16.6)

67.4 (17.2)

  1. Note. QOL Quality of Life, WHOQOL World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF version. WHOQOL general is the mean of the Overall QOL and Satisfaction with health questions on the WHOQOL-BREF. Higher scores suggest better QOL