Quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease in Guinea.

This questionnaire-based study included 69 patients from the Republic of Guinea with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and was conducted over 12 months. The factors that affected their quality of life (QoL) were determined. The included ESRD patients had an estimated creatinine clearance (CCr) of <15 mL/minute using MDRD formula.

[Life quality in patients at terminal stage of chronic renal failure with no access to dialysis].

A transversal prospective study of 69 patients with terminal stage renal disease covering a 12 month period - 1 January to 31 December 2010 - was conducted; the objective was to determine factors affecting their quality of life. This is a questionnaire study covering a 12 month period. The study group were patients with ESRD whose clearance of creatinin were less than 15ml/min.