A Comparative Study on Quality of life in Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis Patients : a Single Center Study from North East India

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M. S. P. K. D. I. K. . Shruti Dange, Manas Gope, Brijesh Singh, “A Comparative Study on Quality of life in Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis Patients : a Single Center Study from North East India”, ijmhs, vol. 11, no. 02 (Mar - April), pp. 1628–1632, Mar. 2021.
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Abstract

Background and Objectives: Quality of Life (QoL) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important outcome for dialysis modality selection for both physicians and patients. At Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, we compared the quality of life between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

Study Design: A Cross-sectional study on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

Patients and Methods: The study included three hundred dialysis patients, one hundred and fifty in each dialysis modality category, from May 2017 to August 2020. We used a cross-sectional design and recorded the data using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQoL SF) questionnaire.

Results: The patients had identical sociodemographic features in both classes (age, marital status, educational level, etiology of renal failure, etc). The mean age was 48.5 ± 12.8 years in the HD group and 50.0 ± 12.5 years in the PD group. Males accounted for 52% and 45%, respectively. Among peritoneal dialysis, QoL mean scores were significantly higher in all domains except for the physical function domain which appeared to be higher in hemodialyzed patients although it was not statistically significant(p value 0.298).

Conclusion: Patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis have higher QoL compared to patients undergoing hemodialysis, validating the results of  studies from other countries.

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease, Comparison, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, Quality of life, KDQoL SF questionnaire.

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