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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2004) 19: 1594-1599
Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 19 No. 6 © ERA-EDTA 2004; all rights reserved
Original Article
Quality of life on chronic dialysis: comparison between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
1University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, 2University Hospital Geneva (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland and 3University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, MD MPP, Medical Direction, Rue du Bugnon, 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Email: jwasserf{at}chuv.hospvd.ch
Background. Quality of life (QOL) assessment in patients on chronic haemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) has only rarely been carried out with the generic Euroqol-5D® questionnaire.
Methods. All chronic HD and PD patients in the 19 centres of western Switzerland were requested to fill in the validated Euroqol-5D® generic QOL questionnaire, assessing health status in five dimensions and on a visual analogue scale, allowing computation of a predicted QOL value, to be compared with the value measured on the visual analogue scale.
Results. Of the 558 questionnaires distributed to chronic HD patients, 455 were returned (response rate 82%). Fifty of 64 PD patients (78%) returned the questionnaire. The two groups were similar in age, gender and duration of dialysis treatment. Mean QOL was rated at 60±18% for HD and 61±19% for PD, for a mean predicted QOL value of 62±30 and 58±32% respectively. Results of the five dimensions were similar in both groups, except for a greater restriction in usual activities for PD patients (P = 0.007). The highest scores were recorded for self-care, with 71% HD and 74% PD patients reporting no limitation, and the lowest scores for usual activities, with 14% HD and 23% PD patients reporting severe limitation. Experiencing pain/discomfort (for HD and PD) or anxiety/depression (for PD) had the highest impact on QOL.
Conclusions. QOL was equally diminished in HD and PD patients. The questionnaire was well accepted and performed well. Improvement could be achievable in both groups if pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression could be more effectively treated.
Keywords: chronic renal failure; haemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; quality of life
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