Assessment of health-related quality of life in renal transplant and hemodialysis patients using the SF-36 health survey

Urology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masato Fujisawa ◽  
Yasuji Ichikawa ◽  
Kunihiko Yoshiya ◽  
Shuji Isotani ◽  
Akihiro Higuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Ageing Well in the Over 45s: Using a Health Check Log

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
June N. Sheriff ◽  
Lynn Chenoweth
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Check ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

This study aimed to promote health awareness, health monitoring skills, timely consultation with health professionals and health-related quality of life for persons 45 years and over through maintaining a specially-designed Health Check Log (HCL). A pre-/post-test quasi-experimental research design was employed with data triangulation, to compare health-related quality of life for treatments with matched controls. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 120 community-dwelling participants and 69 health professionals living and/or working in the South Eastern Sydney/Illawarra Area Health Service catchment area, and volunteer members of the Council on the Ageing. Eighty of the treatment group maintained the HCL for 12 months. Outcome measures included the SF-36 health survey, monthly/bi-monthly telephone/electronic mail interviews, feedback survey, and focus group discussions. The majority of treatments reported that keeping the HCL raised levels of awareness (69%), assisted in developing skills (59%) and confidence (57%) in assessing and monitoring health, and in adopting preventative illness approaches (54%). Stratified analyses of the SF-36 health survey revealed significant differences between groups at post-test; in particular, positive health perceptions in those who are retired and living on their own.

P3-555: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES FROM SF-36 HEALTH SURVEY PREDICT INCIDENT DEMENTIA IN OLDER ADULTS

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (7S_Part_25) ◽  
pp. P1335-P1335
Author(s):  
Ali Ezzati ◽  
Mindy J. Katz ◽  
Molly E. Zimmerman ◽  
Carol A. Derby ◽  
Richard B. Lipton
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Quality Of Life Measures ◽  
Incident Dementia ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

A Systematic Review of the SF-36® Health Survey for Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

2017 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. S338
Author(s):  
Lea A. Chen ◽  
Aaron Yarlas ◽  
Martha Bayliss ◽  
Joseph C. Cappelleri ◽  
Stephen Maher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENT OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Krishna Prudhivi ◽  
Shaik Ayesha ◽  
Promod Giri ◽  
Anuradha .
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Chronic Medications ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

End stage renal disease is the final stage of chronic kidney disease in which the kidneys longer function well enough to meet needs of life. The treatments for ESRD are dialysis or kidney transplant. Hemodialysis (HD) is the most common type of dialysis which can cause significant impairment in health related quality of life (HRQOL) and outcomes. The aim of the present study was to learn about the quality of life in patients receiving dialysis treatment and to evaluate the influence of various factors associated with poor HRQOL. In addition, this study compares SF-36 scores of various domains between survival and deceased patients. The study was a prospective observational, analytical study, conducted for 7 months in IPD/OPD of Dialysis Department at Sagar Hospitals, Bengaluru. The validated and authorized health related quality of life questionnaire (RAND SF-36) consists of 36 questions measuring physical and mental health status was used. Statistical significance of differences in physical component summary and mental component summary was calculated by using Kruskal-Wallis test and the Mann-Whitney U test. A total of 126 patients meeting the study criteria participated and completed the study. Overall, 85(67%) were male and the mean ± standard deviation age was 58.10± 11.38 years. Both PCS and MCS scores have significant negative association with age, total number of chronic medications and the total number of chronic co-morbid diseases. Among eight scales of SF-36, Bodily Pain (BP), Physical Function (PF), Role limitation due to Physical health (RP) and Vitality scores were significantly higher in surviving patients when compared to that of deceased patients respectively. Our study showed that important variables like PF, BP, RP and VT scores can be taken into consideration when dealing with hemodialysis patients. Healthcare providers should be aware of poor physical health as well as mental health among female gender, elderly patients, unemployed patients, patients with no formal education, multiple co-morbid diseases, and multiple chronic medications to improve their quality of life. 

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