Quality of life in dialysis: a Malaysian perspective

• Main Authors: Liu, Wen Jiun, Musa, Ramli, Chew, Thian F., Lim, Christopher Thiam Seong, Morad, Zaki, Bujang, Adam Mohamad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2014
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37673/1/37673_Quality%20of%20life%20in%20dialysis.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37673/2/37673_Quality%20of%20life%20in%20dialysis_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37673/3/37673_Quality%20of%20life%20in%20dialysis_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37673/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hdi.12108/abstract;jsessionid=E0954C9764621312FC1A07E0448FCE48.f03t01?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+unavailable+on+Saturday+7th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+08.00+EDT+%2F+13.00+BST+%2F+17%3A30+IST+%2F+20.00+SGT+and+Sunday+8th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+06.00+EDT+%2F+11.00+BST+%2F+15%3A30+IST+%2F+18.00+SGT+for+essential+maintenance.+Apologies+for+the+inconvenience+caused+.
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

There is a growing interest to use quality of life as one of the dialysis outcome measurement. Based on the Malaysian National Renal Registry data on 15 participating sites, 1569 adult subjects who were alive at December 31, 2012, aged 18 years old and above were screened. Demographic and medical d...