Kidney Disease-Specific Quality of Life among Patients on Hemodialysis

Table 2

Kidney Disease Quality of Life Scale, definition, and its items.

No	Scale	Number of items	Definition of scale
1	Physical functioning–(PF)	10	Limitations in physical activity because of health problems
2	Social functioning (SF)	2	Limitations in social activities because of physical or emotional problems
3	Role limitations–physical (RP)	4	Limitations in usual role activities because of physical health problem
4	Bodily pain (BP)	2	Presence of pain and limitations due to pain
5	General medical health (GH)	5	Self-evaluation of personal health
6	Mental health (MH)	5	Psychological distress and well-being
7	Role limitations–emotional (RE)	3	Limitations in usual role activities because of emotional problems
8	Vitality (VT)	4	Energy and fatigue
9	General health perceptions	1