title: Quality of Life. What information is already available and what evidence is this based on?
abstract: Patients with ESKD are known to have a worse QOL than age-matched general population What constitutes a poor QOL of life varies from person to person and the potential impact of dialysis on an individual will be unique for each person Patients need good information in order to allow them to assess the potential impact of RRT on their lives The SF-36 QOL questionnaire is a suitable tool to be used in dialysis and non-dialysis patients to assess QOL changes.
authors.affiliation: St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Josland