作者
Sumati Rao, William B Carter, Donna L Mapes, Joel D Kallich, Caren J Kamberg, Karen L Spritzer, Ron D Hays
发表日期
2000/9/1
期刊
Clinical therapeutics
卷号
22
期号
9
页码范围
1099-1111
出版商
Elsevier
简介
BACKGROUND
The Kidney Disease Quality of Life Instrument (KDQOL™) was developed to provide clinicians with a comprehensive assessment of the important domains of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for patients with end-stage renal disease who are undergoing hemodialysis.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to develop subscales from the 55 items comprising the Symptoms/Problems and Effects of Kidney Disease scales of the KDQOL and to measure the internal consistency reliability of these subscales.
METHODS
The 55 items from the Symptoms/Problems and Effects of Kidney Disease scales were arranged into substantively meaningful clusters using an affinity mapping procedure. The resulting subscales were assessed for internal consistency reliability using data from a sample of 165 individuals with kidney disease who had completed the KDQOL.
RESULTS
Eleven multi-item …
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