Health-Related Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Japan

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Authors

Setsuko Shimoyama · Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital

Orie Hirakawa · Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital

Keiko Yahiro · Kyushu International University

Toshimi Mizumachi · Terumo (Japan)

Andrea Schreiner · Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital

Tatsuyuki Kakuma · Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital

Abstract

Patients on CAPD are at risk for social role dysfunction, and their caregivers are at risk for decreased mental health. Further research is needed to identify interventions that can improve the HRQOL of CAPD patients and their family caregivers.

Topics & Keywords

Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volume 23, Issue 2_suppl, pp. 200-205

DOI: 10.1177/089686080302302s42

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