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Assessment of Quality of Life among Children with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study
Joint Authors
El Shafei, Arwa M.
Soliman Hegazy, Ibrahim
Fadel, Fatina Ibrahim
Nagy, Eman M.
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Measuring health-related quality of life is considered an important outcome indicator in evaluating health-care interventions and treatments and in understanding the burden of diseases.
Objectives.
This study aimed at assessing quality of life among children with end-stage renal disease, either undergoing hemodialysis or had renal transplantation therapy and comparing it with healthy controls.
Methods.
A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2016 and May 2017 in Abo El-Reesh Pediatric Hospital using parent/child reports of generic module for QoL assessment: PedsQLTM Inventory version 4 for both cases and controls.
Disease-specific module: PedsQLTM ESRD version 3 was used for ESRD cases.
55 ESRD cases and 86 controls were enrolled in the study.
Results.
Statistically significant difference between ESRD cases and controls regarding all aspects of QoL was found; total QoL mean score was 58.4 ± 15.3 and 86.8 ± 10 among cases and controls, respectively.
All individual QoL domains were significantly worse in ESRD cases.
Transplantation group had better Spearman’s correlation between child and parents’ scores which showed significant positive moderate correlation.
Conclusions.
ESRD and its treatment modalities are affecting negatively all aspects of quality of life; incorporating QoL assessment and management is highly recommended.
American Psychological Association (APA)
El Shafei, Arwa M.& Soliman Hegazy, Ibrahim& Fadel, Fatina Ibrahim& Nagy, Eman M.. 2018. Assessment of Quality of Life among Children with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184902
Modern Language Association (MLA)
El Shafei, Arwa M.…[et al.]. Assessment of Quality of Life among Children with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184902
American Medical Association (AMA)
El Shafei, Arwa M.& Soliman Hegazy, Ibrahim& Fadel, Fatina Ibrahim& Nagy, Eman M.. Assessment of Quality of Life among Children with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184902
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1184902