Assessment of Quality of Life in Haemodialysis Patients using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) Questionnaire

Salman Ali Syed; Ayesha Cheema; Mohammad Abdullah; Manahil Chaudhry; Ayesha malik; Zahid Farooq Baig

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v73iSUPPL-1.4825

Authors

Salman Ali Syed Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Ayesha Cheema Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Mohammad Abdullah Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Manahil Chaudhry Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Ayesha malik Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Zahid Farooq Baig Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v73iSUPPL-1.4825

Keywords:

ESRD, Haemodialysis, quality of life, World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) Questionnaire

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the quality of life in patients on haemodialysis and evaluated how various sociodemographic factors
affect their quality of life and overall health.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Haemodialysis Centre, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore Pakistan, from Feb to Apr, 2020.

Methodology: After consent, 100 participants with ESRD who were on maintenance haemodialysis were selected by nonprobability convenience sampling. World Health Organization Quality of life (BREF) questionnaire was used for assessing four domains of quality of life - psychological, physical, environmental and social.

Results: Older age, ≥65 years had lower quality of life scores in all domains than patients from other age groups. Longer
duration on haemodialysis was also observed to be an independent negative predictor of quality of life in patients on
haemodialysis (p<0.05). Analysis of comorbidities revealed that patients with Ischemic heart disease had higher scores in all
domains when compared to patients with Diabetes or Hypertension.

Conclusion: Quality of life assessment in patients on maintenance haemodialysis shows suboptimal scores depicting that their quality of life is compromised.