The Comparison of Quality of Life among Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a condition with an irreversible loss of renal function. The two major treatment options are transplantation and dialysis; hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of HD vs. PD on quality of life (QOL) in these patients. This cross sectional study recruited 140 PD and HD patients in the range of 15-65 years old from two main dialysis centers of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. After obtaining some demographic data, patients were asked to complete the the Kidney Disease Quality of Life- Short Form (KDQOL-SF) questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS 20.0 for Windows. Of the 140 participants in this study, 68 (48.57%) were on HD and 72 (51.43%) were on PD. PD patients had better score in sleep, kidney disease effect, social functioning, pain, etc. were differed significantly from HD patients. Overall QOL score had better for PD patients (p = 0.008). This study provides evidence that QOL in PD is better than HD patients. These results could become in use particularly in the planning of health care policies and patient management.
Authors and Affiliations
Leila Malekmakan| Department of Community medicine, Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Jamshid Roozbeh| Department of Internal medicine, Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Seyedeh Leila Zonnoor| Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Corresponding Email: lily_zn90@yahoo.com, Fatemeh Azadian| Health system research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Mehrab Sayadi | Department of Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Ashkan Tadayoni| Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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