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Kidney Disease Quality of Life instrument (KDQOL^TM)

[ KDQOL^TM original version developed in 1994; KDQOL-SF^TM developed in 2002 ]

	Author(s)
Carter William B Coons Stephen Joel Hays Ron D, PhD Kallich Joel Kamberg Caren Mapes Donna L

Purpose

Pathology:

Urologic diseases

Disease:

Kidney diseases

Objective:

To assess the quality of life concerns of individuals with kidney disease and on dialysis

Population:

Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

Mode of administration:

Self-administered

Number of items:

KDQOL^TM original version: 134 items; KDQOL-SF^TM 1.3: 80 items; KDQOL^TM 36: 36 items

Existence of database:

Yes

[ More information in the restricted level ]

Time recall:

In general / During the past 4 weeks

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the USA

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

Please check the availability of the translations for each version of the KDQOL^TM on the KDQOL Working Group website:

Cantonese for Hong Kong*	Greek	Mandarin for Singapore*	Spanish for Argentina
Czech*	Hebrew*	Polish*	Spanish for the USA
Danish*	Hungarian	Portuguese	Swedish*
Dutch*	Italian	Portuguese for Brazil	Turkish
English for the UK*	Japanese	Russian
French*	Korean	Serbian
German*	Malay for Singapore*	Spanish

* translations performed by the Mapi Institute

Last update: November 2008
Last update in collaboration with the author: June 2008

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