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New Kidney Disease Research Has Been Reported by Investigators at Federal University

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 2nd, 2012

2012 FEB 2 -- In this recently published study, investigators in Belo Horizonte, Brazil conducted a study "To identify factors associated with health-related quality of life in elderly patients on hemodialysis. Cross-sectional study including 223 patients aged >= 60 years on hemodialysis conducted in dialysis centers in the city of Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil, in 2008."

"Health-related quality of life was measured with the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL-SF) and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (MOS SF-36). The three KDQOL-SF component scores measured were: kidney disease component summary (11...

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