Is the kidney disease quality of life-36 (KDQOL-36) a valid instrument for Chinese dialysis patients?

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chow, Susan Ka Yee ^a   Tam, Bonnie Mee Ling ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dialysis patients; Kidney disease quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE QUALITY OF LIFE 36; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; AGED; ANXIETY; HONG KONG; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923914446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-15-199     Document Type: Article

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