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Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
Joint Authors
Shutto, Yoshiko
Yamabe, Hideaki
Shimada, Michiko
Fujita, Takeshi
Nakamura, Norio
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Aim.
The goal of the study was to investigate quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) and to test the relationship of QOL with the level of self-care.
Materials and Methods.
We distributed two questionnaires to 30 outpatients with MCNS.
The MOS 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) was used to examine health-related QOL in comparison with normative data from the general Japanese population and a population with two chronic diseases.
SF-36v2 consists of 36 questions classified into 8 subscales.
We also used the Self-Care Behavior Scale for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which consists of 31 questions with 4 subscales.
Results.
The SF-36v2 social functioning subscale was most impaired and bodily pain was least affected in patients with MCNS.
The self-care subscales of information/communication and positive behavior had positive correlations with the QOL subscales of mental health (P<0.05) and vitality (P<0.05).
The correlation between social functioning and information/communication was close to significant (P=0.051).
Conclusion.
In MCNS, social functioning was particularly impaired.
Our results suggest that better self-care can have a positive impact on QOL in patients with MCNS.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shutto, Yoshiko& Yamabe, Hideaki& Shimada, Michiko& Fujita, Takeshi& Nakamura, Norio. 2013. Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shutto, Yoshiko…[et al.]. Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Shutto, Yoshiko& Yamabe, Hideaki& Shimada, Michiko& Fujita, Takeshi& Nakamura, Norio. Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011493
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1011493