| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) gives
a considerable burden to the Sri Lankan health
care delivery system. Prevalence of CKD rise
due to the high prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and unknown
aetiologies. Health Related Quality of Life
(HRQOL) reduced with the initiation and
progression of the disease. Many factors
significantly influenced HRQOL of CKD
patients. This study reviews the state of
HRQOL among Sri Lankan CKD patients and
factors associated with the HRQOL. The search
was done via PubMed, CINAHL, Web of
Science, and Google Scholar according to the
predefined criteria. Selected articles were
reviewed and extracted the data which were
relevant to the study. Extracted data were
entered into the summary table and organized
according to the research objectives. Seven
articles selected for the final analysis. All the
studies were cross-sectional studies. Sample
size range from 120 to 1174. Haemoglobin
level, being employed, high education level,
and advanced stages of CKD were identified as
factors that positively influenced HRQOL in
CKD patients. Depression, psychological
distress, symptom burden, and age negatively
influenced on HRQOL. Depression and
psychological distress are common among Sri
Lankan patients with CKD. Impaired social
support, perception of low social support,
economic burden, high out pocket
expenditure, unemployment are the main
causes for the depression and psychological
distress among patients with CKD in Sri Lanka.
Health care professionals need to pay more
attention on HRQOL and factors associated
with HRQOL among patients CKD. | en_US |
