Promoting Excellence : End-Stage Renal Disease Workgroup Recommendations to the Field : ESRD Table of Contents

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Overview of Promoting Excellence Workgroups

Introduction

Methodology and Findings

Recommendations to the Field

Workgroup Products

ESRD Workgroup Membership

Appendices

Appendix A:

ESRD Workgroup Contact List

Appendix B:

Quality of Life Subgroup

Quality of Life Subgroup Methodology

Quality of Life Questionnaire for Dialysis Patients (Tool)
PDF 106 KB
McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (Tool)
PDF 111 KB
Addendum to McGill QOL Questionnaire (Tool)
PDF 63 KB
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (Tool)
PDF 90 KB
Patient Satisfaction, Newmann and Pfettscher
(Adapted From KDQOL) (Tool)
PDF 86 KB
Patient Satisfaction (Adapted from DiMatteo and Hays) (Tool)
PDF 87 KB
Executive Summary of Findings from the ESRD Quality of Life for Dialysis Patients Questionnaire Study
Statistical Summary of Quality of Life for Dialysis Patients Questionnaire Study Findings

Appendix C:

Quality of Dying Subgroup

Appendix D:

Education Subgroup

Promoting Excellence in End of-Life Care is a National Program Office of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying persons and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.