Quality of life in end stage renal disease patients

Table 1 First Author, year of publication, study design and questionnaire used

Ref.	Study design
Reviews, Published series, Reports, Discussion articles
Donald[1], 2009	Published Series article
POFS ABUSE[2], 1997	WHOQOL Instruments Report
Romero et al[3], 2013	Discussion article
EpiCast[4], 2014	Report
Couser et al[5], 2012	Policy Forum
Obrador et al[6], 2014	Review
Schatell et al[7], 2012	Report
Berman et al[9], 2008	Systematic Review
Edgell et al[11], 1996	Review
Gentile et al[12], 2003	Review
Kimmel et al[21], 2006	Review
Johansen[30], 2007	Report
Kutner[31], 2010	Rehabilitation Report
Valderrábano et al[46], 2001	In-depth Review
Fleck et al[53], 2007	Discussion
Carver et al[57], 1995	Review
Blinkhorn[61], 2012	Review
O’Connor et al[64], 2012	Review
Catania et al[65], 2013	Report
Quantitative	Study design	Questionnaire used
Mapes et al[8]	Longitudinal	KDQOLSF-36
Kao et al[13], 2009	Cross sectional	SF-36
Abraham et al[14], 2008	Case control, follow up	WHOQOL-BREF
Kimmel et al[15], 2008	Prospective	Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS), McGill QOL, Single item
Patel et al[16], 2002	Prospective	McGill QOL, Beck Depression
Griva et al[17], 2009	Cross sectional	SF-36
Elder et al[19], 2008	Cross sectional, case mix	KDQOLSF-36
Sanner et al[20], 2002	Cross sectional	SF-36, Nottingham Health Profile
Tondra[22], 2014	Conceptual Framework, CS	Quality of Life Index Dialysis,
Mingardi et al[23], 1999	Prospective	SF-36
Seica et al[24], 2009	Cross sectional	SF-36, KDQOLSF-36
Bakewell et al[25], 2002	Longitudinal /intervention	KDQOLSF-36
Theofilou[26], 2012	Cross sectional/ Observational	WHOQOL-BREF, GHQ-28
Kim et al[28], 2013	Cross sectional	KDQOLSF-36
White et al[29], 2002	Retrospective cohort	SF-36
Painter et al[32], 2000	Experimental/Intervention	SF-36
Ouzouni et al[33], 2009	RCT	SF-36, Quality of Life Index
Agakhani et al[34], 2012	Case control/comparative	SF-36
Hegazy et al[35], 2013	Intervention/Pre-post	Karnofsky performance scale
Abraham et al[36], 2009	Prospective, intervention	Karnofsky performance scale
Moattari et al[37], 2012	RCT	SF-12
Brennan et al[38], 2007	Intervention, report	SF-36
Cukor et al[39], 2013	RCT	KDQOLSF-36, Beck Depression Inventory
Lii et al[40], 2007	Intervention/Experimental	SF-36
Sathvik et al[52], 2008	Cross sectional	WHOQOL-BREF
Pagels et al[50], 2012	Cross sectional	SF-36
WHOQOL-SRPB[54], 2005	Cross cultural/sectional study	WHOQOL-SRPB
Yong et al[63], 2009	Prospective cross sectional	SF-36, Charlson Comorbidity Index
Qualitative
Baudeau et al[10], 2014	Concept analysis
Fennegan-John et al[18], 2013	Interviews, FGD
Arabi[41], 2006	Interview
Rygh et al[59], 2012	Interviews with patients
Stroetmann et al[60], 2000	Observational
Jablonski[62], 2007	Observational
QOL instruments
Choices for Healthy Outcomes In Caring for End Stage Renal Disease[27]
Sickness Impact profile[42]
SF-36[43]
SF-12[44]
Nottingham Health Profile[45]
EQ-5D[47]
McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire[48]
GHQ-28[49]
WHO-BREF[51]
Dialysis Symptom Index[55]
KDQOL-SF36[56]
CKD Questionnaire[58]

QOL: Quality of life; CKD: Chronic kidney disease.