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Quality of life in patients on chronic dialysis in South Africa: a comparative mixed methods study

BACKGROUND: The increasing prevalence of treated end-stage renal disease and low transplant rates in Africa leads to longer durations on dialysis. Dialysis should not only be aimed at prolonging lives but also improve quality of life (QOL). Using mixed methods, we investigated the QOL of patients on...

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Autores principales: Tannor, Elliot K., Archer, Elize, Kapembwa, Kenneth, van Schalkwyk, Susan C., Davids, M. Razeen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28056851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0425-1