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Quality of Life among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Penang, Malaysia

Diana Laila Ramatillah1, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman1, Amer Hayat Khan1

  • 1Department Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences
|February 20, 2018
PubMed

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Quality of life for hemodialysis patients in Malaysia is impacted by several factors. Key areas like work status, social interaction, and general health scored lower than standard, indicating a need for targeted interventions.

Area of Science:

  • Nephrology
  • Public Health
  • Quality of Life Research

Background:

  • Quality of life (QoL) is a crucial metric for assessing hemodialysis treatment effectiveness.
  • Long-term hemodialysis, essential for kidney function replacement, significantly affects patients' QoL.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the quality of life among hemodialysis patients using the KDQoL-SF24 Malaysian Version.
  • To identify specific domains of QoL that are diminished in hemodialysis patients.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort observational study was conducted.
  • 78 hemodialysis patients from a center in Penang, Malaysia, participated.
  • The Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form 24 (KDQoL-SF24) Malaysian Version was utilized for assessment.

Main Results:

  • Nine components showed lower mean scores than the standard form: work status, cognitive function, social interaction, sleep, social support, patient satisfaction, physical functioning, general health, and role emotional.
  • Patients in the youngest (≤20) and older (61-70) age groups exhibited lower mean scores compared to KDQoL-SF Manual Standards.
  • Specific low-scoring domains included work status (15.01±35.57), general health (29.62±25.56), and patient satisfaction (43.24±15.32).

Conclusions:

  • Hemodialysis patients in the studied Malaysian center reported lower QoL in several domains compared to standard scores.
  • Work status, cognitive function, social interaction, sleep, social support, patient satisfaction, physical functioning, general health, and role emotional require attention.
  • Age appears to be a factor, with younger and older patients showing reduced QoL scores.
Abstract

Keywords:
Kidney disease quality of life-short term 24Malaysian versionpatients on hemodialysisquality of life

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