Quality of life at the initiation of maintenance dialysis treatment - A comparison between the SF-36 and the KDQ questionnaires

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-107

  Neto, J F R ^a   Ferraz, M B ^a   Cendoroglo, M ^a   Draibe, S ^a   Yu, L ^a   Sesso, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033840332     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008918609281     Document Type: Article

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