Department of Nephrology, The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 May;72(5):886-890. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.3051.
To assess health-related quality of life in haemodialysis patients, and the impact of various factors in this regard.
The retrospective observational cross-sectional study was conducted at The Kidney Centre Post-Graduate Training Institute, Karachi, and comprised data from June to December 2019 of patients on maintenance haemodialysis. The health-related quality of life was assessed using the self-administered Urdu version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form version 1.3. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.
Of the 150 questionnaires distributed, 110(73.3%) were received fully completed. There were 64(58.2%) males, 46(41.8%) were females, 90(81.8%) were under <60 years age, 76(69%) were married, 54(49.1%) had income up to PKR50,000, 64(58.2%) had received education up to secondary school, and 56(50.9%) had been on haemodialysis for <5 years. The overall health-related quality of life mean score was 52.0±11.7, and it had no significant association with age, gender, haemodialysis duration, marital status, education level, and income of the subjects (p>0.05).
The health-related quality of life in haemodialysis patients was not found to have significant association with age, gender, haemodialysis duration, marital status, education level, and income.
评估血液透析患者的健康相关生活质量,并分析相关因素对此的影响。
本回顾性观察性横断面研究于 2019 年 6 月至 12 月在卡拉奇肾脏中心研究生培训学院进行,纳入维持性血液透析患者的数据。采用自行设计的乌尔都语版肾脏病生活质量-短表 1.3 评估健康相关生活质量。采用 SPSS 21 对数据进行分析。
共发放 150 份问卷,收回 110 份(73.3%)完整问卷。其中男性 64 例(58.2%),女性 46 例(41.8%);年龄<60 岁 90 例(81.8%),已婚 76 例(69%),收入达 50000 巴基斯坦卢比以下 54 例(49.1%),受教育程度为中学及以下 64 例(58.2%),血液透析时间<5 年 56 例(50.9%)。患者健康相关生活质量总分为 52.0±11.7 分,与年龄、性别、血液透析时间、婚姻状况、受教育程度和收入无关(p>0.05)。
血液透析患者的健康相关生活质量与年龄、性别、血液透析时间、婚姻状况、受教育程度和收入无显著相关性。