Quality of life and stressors in patients with chronic kidney disease depending on treatment.
This study evaluated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a Spanish sample of chronic kidney disease patients (n = 90) undergoing different renal replacement therapies, considering the influence of treatment stressors, mood, anxiety and quality of sleep. While all patients had worse physical functioning than controls (p < .01), only those undergoing haemodialysis (HD) showed worse physical well-being, occupational functioning, spiritual fulfillment and more health interference with work (p < .05). They also obtained higher depression scores than renal transplant patients (TX) (p = .005). Those TX receiving the immunosuppressor sirolimus exhibited more cardiac/renal, cognitive and physical limitations than the rest (p < .05). Dialysis vintage correlated positively with sleep disturbances and depression scores and negatively with total Quality of Life (QLI) (p < .05). HD patients experienced more psychological distress than peritoneal dialysis patients (PD) (p = .036). Regression models including sleep, anxiety and depression were estimated for subscales of HRQOL. In TX patients, low depressive scores related to an optimal QLI in almost all subscales, while in HD patients they explained part of the variability in psychological well-being, interpersonal functioning and personal fulfillment. HD condition results in a QLI more distant to the standards of controls.
Universidad de Valencia (Spain).
Sonia
S
Martínez-Sanchis
Universidad de Valencia (Spain).
M Consuelo
MC
Bernal
ATENEU Associació-Fundació Dany Cerebral Adquirit (Spain).
José V
JV
Montagud
Centro de Estimulación Infantil -CEI Valencia (Spain).
Anna
A
Abad
Hospital Dr Peset (Spain).
Josep
J
Crespo
Hospital Dr Peset (Spain).
Luis M
LM
Pallardó
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
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