Table 2 Health Related Quality of Life Scores from First Day on Dialysis to Three Months
From: Health related quality of life during dialysis modality transitions: a qualitative study
KDQOL-36 Domain | All Patients (n = 19) | Incident Dialysis Patients (n = 9) | Prevalent Dialysis Patients (n = 10) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | 3 month | Mean Difference | Baseline | 3 month | Mean Difference | Baseline | 3 month | Mean Difference | |
Symptoms/ Problems | 61.9 (20.6) | 76.8 (17.5) | 14.9 | 62.2 (14.9) | 81.0 (12.2) | 18.8 | 61.6 (25.5) | 72.9 (21.0) | 11.3 |
Effects of Kidney Disease on Daily Life | 49.0 (19.2) | 63.3 (19.8) | 14.3 | 50.7 (18.9) | 66.7 (12.3) | 16.0 | 47.5 (20.3) | 60.3 (25.1) | 12.8 |
Burden of Kidney Disease | 32.2 (25.6) | 39.5 (25.1) | 7.3 | 29.2 (22.5) | 36.1 (19.7) | 6.9 | 35.0 (29.0) | 42.5 (29.9) | 7.5 |
PCS | 32.0 (7.0) | 39.4 (8.3) | 7.5 | 31.0 (5.4) | 39.7 (6.2) | 8.7 | 33.0 (8.4) | 39.2 (10.2) | 6.2 |
MCS | 42.4 (11.4)) | 49.6 (10.3) | 7.2 | 38.7 (12.2) | 48.6 (8.0) | 9.9 | 45.7 (10.1) | 50.4 (12.4) | 4.7 |