Nonmedical Factors and Health-Related Quality of Life in CKD in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Patient-reported outcomes have gained prominence in the management of chronic noncommunicable diseases. Measurement of health-related quality of life is being increasingly incorporated into medical decision making and health care delivery processes.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

The Indian Chronic Kidney Disease Study is a prospective cohort of participants with mild to moderate CKD. Baseline health-related quality of life scores, determined by the standardized Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36 item instrument, are presented for the inception cohort (n=2919). Scores are presented on five subscales: mental component summary, physical component summary, burden, effect of kidney disease, and symptom and problems; each is scored 0

SUBMITTER: Modi GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015100 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature