Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
Aim. The goal of the study was to investigate quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) and to test the relationship of QOL with the level of self-care. Materials and Methods. We distributed two questionnaires to 30 outpatients with MCNS. The MOS 36-item S...
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| description | Aim. The goal of the study was to investigate quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) and to test the relationship of QOL with the level of self-care. Materials and Methods. We distributed two questionnaires to 30 outpatients with MCNS. The MOS 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) was used to examine health-related QOL in comparison with normative data from the general Japanese population and a population with two chronic diseases. SF-36v2 consists of 36 questions classified into 8 subscales. We also used the Self-Care Behavior Scale for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which consists of 31 questions with 4 subscales. Results. The SF-36v2 social functioning subscale was most impaired and bodily pain was least affected in patients with MCNS. The self-care subscales of information/communication and positive behavior had positive correlations with the QOL subscales of mental health () and vitality (). The correlation between social functioning and information/communication was close to significant (). Conclusion. In MCNS, social functioning was particularly impaired. Our results suggest that better self-care can have a positive impact on QOL in patients with MCNS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd95804b083f411eaaeeb29c7486be112025-02-03T06:04:57ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/124315124315Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic SyndromeYoshiko Shutto0Hideaki Yamabe1Michiko Shimada2Takeshi Fujita3Norio Nakamura4Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Aomori, Hirosaki-shi 036 8564, JapanHirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1 Hon-cho, Aomori, Hirosaki-shi 036 8564, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Aomori, Hirosaki-shi, 036 8562, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Aomori, Hirosaki-shi, 036 8562, JapanDepartment of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Aomori, Hirosaki-shi, 036 8562, JapanAim. The goal of the study was to investigate quality of life (QOL) in adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) and to test the relationship of QOL with the level of self-care. Materials and Methods. We distributed two questionnaires to 30 outpatients with MCNS. The MOS 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) was used to examine health-related QOL in comparison with normative data from the general Japanese population and a population with two chronic diseases. SF-36v2 consists of 36 questions classified into 8 subscales. We also used the Self-Care Behavior Scale for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which consists of 31 questions with 4 subscales. Results. The SF-36v2 social functioning subscale was most impaired and bodily pain was least affected in patients with MCNS. The self-care subscales of information/communication and positive behavior had positive correlations with the QOL subscales of mental health () and vitality (). The correlation between social functioning and information/communication was close to significant (). Conclusion. In MCNS, social functioning was particularly impaired. Our results suggest that better self-care can have a positive impact on QOL in patients with MCNS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/124315 |
| spellingShingle | Yoshiko Shutto Hideaki Yamabe Michiko Shimada Takeshi Fujita Norio Nakamura Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome |
| title_full | Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome |
| title_short | Quality of Life in Patients with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome |
| title_sort | quality of life in patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/124315 |
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