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Quality of Life in People Living With Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Replacement Therapy

Ramona Armida Medina Barragán

Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics · 2024

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Summary

Chronic kidney disease is a pathology with fatal outcome in the short and medium term, affecting diverse body structures; it is directly associated with a reduced quality of life; given its irreversible nature, it generates a series of complicated conditions in matters of care and treatment, producing a negative impact on the patient’s quality of life, which implies changes in their lifestyle that have repercussions in the familial, work and social spheres. A proper assessment in quality of life makes it possible to estimate the impact that Chronic Kidney Disease represents in the daily life of people and the consequences it implies over their physical, emotional and social wellbeing; thus, it is fundamental to design effective interventions that guarantee integral health care measures acc

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.23880/jqhe-16000398
Catalogue ID
NRmo9zxr64-0a0
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