Kidney Disease Quality of Life instrument (KDQOLTM)

[ KDQOLTM original version developed in 1994; KDQOL-SFTM 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:
KDQOLTM original version: 134 items; KDQOL-SFTM 1.3: 80 items; KDQOLTM 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 KDQOLTM 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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