作者
Tatsuya Suwabe, Yoshifumi Ubara, Koki Mise, Masahiro Kawada, Satoshi Hamanoue, Keiichi Sumida, Noriko Hayami, Junichi Hoshino, Rikako Hiramatsu, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Eiko Hasegawa, Naoki Sawa, Kenmei Takaichi
发表日期
2013/12
期刊
BMC nephrology
卷号
14
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
The quality of life (QOL) of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has not been investigated well. This study was performed to clarify the QOL of patients with ADPKD and to identify factors that affected their QOL.
Methods
The present cross-sectional study is part of a prospective observational study on the QOL of ADPKD patients. Patients with ADPKD who were referred to Toranomon Hospital between March 2010 and November 2012 were enrolled. The short form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire and our original 12-item questionnaire were used to evaluate QOL. We analyzed the results of the questionnaire survey and then investigated correlations between QOL and clinical features.
Results
A total of 219 patients (93 men and 126 women) were enrolled and their mean age was 55.1 …
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