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SUBMITTER: Jung HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635359 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jung Hee-Yeon HY Jeon Yena Y Park Yeongwoo Y Kim Yon Su YS Kang Shin-Wook SW Yang Chul Woo CW Kim Nam-Ho NH Choi Ji-Young JY Cho Jang-Hee JH Park Sun-Hee SH Kim Chan-Duck CD Kim Yong-Lim YL
Scientific reports 20190716 1
This study aimed to compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) over time in patients initiating hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD). A total of 989 incident patients starting HD or PD were included from a prospective nationwide cohort study. HRQOL was assessed 3, 12, and 24 months after the start of dialysis. The scores of questionnaires were adjusted for clinical and socioeconomic parameters. The adjusted three months scores of patients on PD showed better HRQOL in eight end-stage ...[more]