Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients on Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis a Meta-Analysis of Iranian Studies Pubmed



Rad EH¹ ; Mostafavi H² ; Delavari S² ; Mostafavi S³
Source: Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases Published:2015

Abstract

Introduction. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an index to calculate wellbeing of patients and is an important concept in patients with end-stage renal disease. There are many studies calculating HRQOL for patients on different treatment modalities of end-stage renal disease. Pooling reports from Iran, this systematic review aimed to measure the HRQOL in patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis using meta-analysis techniques. Materials and Methods. Four databases including PubMed and Scopus in English and the SID and IranMedex in Persian were searched. Based on the inclusion criteria, 26 English and Persianlanguage articles reporting HRQOL in the scales between zero and 100 (or scales convertible to this range) for hemodialysis or PD were included in the meta-analysis. Results. The mean HRQOL scores ranged between 34.40 and 69.16 for hemodialysis reports and between 38.00 and 65.70 for PD reports. The pooled quality of life scores for hemodialysis and PD were 52.257 and 52.722, respectively (t = 0.928, P = .36). Conclusions. The results showed that HRQOL in patients using hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis were not significantly different. Similar studies in other countries had found similar results. © 2015, Iranian Society of Nephrology. All rights reserved.