Health related quality of life

Running head:RESEARCH METHOD
RESEARCH METHOD
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RESEARCH METHOD
Answer 2.
A systematic review was performed and meta-analysis was done by the authors to measure
the Health-Related Quality of Life among the home dialysis patient and in-center
hemodialysis patients.
Answer 3.
Ortiz, F., Aronen, P., Koskinen, P. K., Malmström, R. K., Finne, P., Honkanen, E. O., ... &
Roine, R. P. (2014). Health‐related quality of life after kidney transplantation: who benefits
the most?. Transplant International, 27(11), 1143-1151.
Answer 4.
A meta-analysis is a statistical approach that helps to combine data from different studies.
Meta-analysis is used to recognize the common effect if the treatment effect is consistent
from one study to next. The importance of Health-related Quality of Life in dialysis patients
has been portrayed in both the articles through meta-analysis. Both the study have been
conducted following meta-analysis and systematic review (Bonenkamp et al., 2020).
Answer 5.
The targeted population is individuals with kidney failure and undergo dialysis.
Answer 6.
Wang, W. N., Zhang, W. L., Sun, T., Ma, F. Z., Su, S., & Xu, Z. G. (2017). Effect of
peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis on renal anemia in renal in end-stage disease patients:
a meta-analysis. Renal failure, 39(1), 59-66.
Answer 7
Health-related quality of life is an important outcome that dialysis patients long for. The
home dialysis has a better outcome to provide HRQoL has been found by the authors by
systematic review and meta-analysis.