Effect of Socioeconomic status on Quality of life - an assessment in patients undergoing hemodialysis and their caregivers
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N18- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/018967
- Lead Sponsor
- Swetha Sritharan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Kannada-speaking patients coming for hospital-based hemodialysis on an OPD-basis to Kasturba Hospital, Manipal and on hemodialysis for a minimal of 3 months who consent to participate are included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients admitted at the hospital at the time of study and those who are diagnosed with or with a past history of mental health issues like depression, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia are excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method For patients and caregivers, Quality of Life using WHOQOL-BREF Kannada scaleTimepoint: Assessed immediately when the questionnaire is taken. There is no follow-up as this is cross-sectional study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method For patients, Quality of Life using KDQOL-36 Kannada scaleTimepoint: Assessed immediately when the questionnaire is taken. There is no follow-up as this is cross-sectional study.;Socioeconomic status of patient with Modified BG Prasad ScaleTimepoint: Assessed immediately when the questionnaire is taken. There is no follow-up as this is cross-sectional study.