Quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

2018109 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Anna Francis · The University of Sydney

Madeleine Didsbury · The University of Sydney

Anita van Zwieten · The University of Sydney

Kerry Chen · The University of Sydney

Laura James · Children's Hospital at Westmead

Siah Kim · Children's Hospital at Westmead

Kirsten Howard ·

Abstract

The overall QoL and domains such as pain and emotion are substantially worse in children on dialysis compared with earlier stage CKD and those with kidney transplants.

Topics & Keywords

Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volume 104, Issue 2, pp. 134-140

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314934

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