Health-related quality of life in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS (original) (raw)

2004, American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL), a validated system of measuring patients' physical, mental, and social well-being, can be of particular use in populations with chronic conditions, such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Methods: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) has used the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL-SF) to measure ESRD patients' self-assessment of functioning and well-being, as measured by 3 component scores: physical component summary (PCS, 4 subscales), mental component summary (4 subscales), and kidney disease component summary (11 subscales). Several DOPPS studies examined HRQOL's associations with mortality and hospitalization by country, ethnicity (United States only)

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