Mortality and health-related quality of life in prevalent dialysis patients: Comparison between 12-items and 36-items short-form health survey

Tone Britt Hortemo Østhus,Valjbona Tiric Preljevic,Leiv Sandvik,Torbjørn Leivestad,Inger Hilde Nordhus,Toril Dammen,Ingrid Os

Mortality and health-related quality of life in prevalent dialysis patients: Comparison between 12-items and 36-items short-form health survey

2012

Tone Britt Hortemo Østhus
Valjbona Tiric Preljevic
Leiv Sandvik
Torbjørn Leivestad
Inger Hilde Nordhus
Toril Dammen
Ingrid Os

Background To assess health- related quality of life (HRQOL) with SF-12 and SF-36 and compare their abilities to predict mortality in chronic dialysis patients, after adjusting for traditional risk factors.

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Comorbidity
Dialysis
Physical therapy
Medicine
Cross-sectional study
Peritoneal dialysis
Quality of Life Research
Survival rate
Quality of life
Proportional hazards model
health related quality of life

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