Comparison of the Quality of Life in Hemodialysed (HD) and Peritoneally Dialysed (CAPD) Patients using the EORTC QLQ-C30 Questionnaire

Background

The aim of the paper was to assess reliability and validity of the QLQ-C30 questionnaire in studying the quality of life in dialysed patients, and then to compare the life quality in patients on hemodialysis (HD), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and healthy controls. The present study included 65 HD patients, 22 CAPD patients and a group of 76 healthy volunteers.

Methods

Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Cantrill ladder.

Results

The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire appeared to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing the quality of life in dialysis patients. HD patients had significantly poorer quality of life in the areas of physical, social, cognitive and emotional functioning in comparisons to the controls. CAPD patients were not significantly different life quality-wise from controls, except for their social and professional life.

Comparison of the quality of life in hemodialysed (HD) and peritoneally dialysed (CAPD) patients using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire

BACKGROUND

The aim of the paper was to assess reliability and validity of the QLQ-C30 questionnaire in studying the quality of life in dialysed patients, and then to compare the life quality in patients on hemodialysis (HD), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and healthy controls. The present study included 65 HD patients, 22 CAPD patients and a group of 76 healthy volunteers.

METHODS

Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Cantrill ladder.

RESULTS

The EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire appeared to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing the quality of life in dialysis patients. HD patients had significantly poorer quality of life in the areas of physical, social, cognitive and emotional functioning in comparisons to the controls. CAPD patients were not significantly different life quality-wise from controls, except for their social and professional life.

[Tomographic cerebral blood flow scanning in diagnosis of psychiatric disorders]

The paper summarises the role of tomographic cerebral blood flow SPECT scanning in psychiatric diagnostics, its' physical and radiopharmaceutical basis, pathological physiology of cerebrovascular circulation in psychiatric disorders and interpretation of cerebral blood flow scanning results by the clinician. Cerebral blood flow scanning is, to some extent, a functional equivalent of CT/MRI scanning. In psychiatry cerebral blood flow SPECT scanning's basic application is the differentiation of dementia and cognitive impairment, in particular Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration and multi-infarct dementia. The other indications for brain SPECT scanning involve the organic brain lesions and medico-legal diagnostics, including the sequelae of cranio-cerebral trauma. Contraindications and economical aspects are underlined.

[Questionnaire studies of the effectiveness of atropine coma in patients treated at the I Clinic for Mental Diseases, Medical Academy, in Gdańsk 1979-1987]

The questionnaire follow-up study of 86 patients treated with atropine comas in the Ist Clinic of Psychiatry, Medical Academy in Gdańsk was carried out. 47 patients (62%) responded to the questionnaire. The atropine coma was estimated as the best tolerated method of treatment by 33 responders. The study confirm therapeutic efficiency of atropine coma in obsessive-compulsive neurosis and anancastic syndrome.