Table 5 Participants’ perspectives defining HRQoL (N = 22)
From: The concept of HRQoL for patients on hemodialysis in Saudi Arabia: an exploratory study
No. | Perspective | Frequency per participant | Contribution of the perspective to the overall definition of HRQoL |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Health status | 11 | HRQoL is the optimum level of health and freedom from dialysis with psychological and social wellbeing |
2. | Socialization | 9 | HRQoL is the quality of social relationships, activities and support provided as well as the ability to play the expected social role within the family |
3. | Psychological wellbeing | 2 | HRQoL is psychological wellbeing, including happiness and life satisfaction and the absence of psychological disturbance |
4. | Religiosity | 4 | HRQoL is achieved through religious beliefs and behaviors in addition to physiological, psychological, and social wellbeing and financial security |
5. | Financial income | 4 | HRQoL is the financial security of self and the family |
6. | Needs satisfaction | 3 | HRQoL is the satisfaction of actual needs |
7. | Healthcare services quality | 2 | HRQoL of patients undergoing hemodialysis is achieved through the quality of healthcare services provided in addition to physiological, psychological and social wellbeing |