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. 2021 Apr 20;14(7):1719–1730. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab070

Table 1.

Most important problems perceived by individuals with chronic kidney disease

Health-related quality of life

  • Frequent hospitalization and surgery

  • Polypharmacy

  • Physical appearance

  • Uncertainty about future

  • Time-consuming therapies

  • Immune deficiency

  • Anaemia

Functional

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Thirst

  • Cognitive and physical dysfunction

  • Frustration

  • Restrained mobility

  • Disturbed social life

  • Burden to others

  • Sexual dysfunction

  • Frailty and sarcopaenia

  • Insomnia/sleeplessness

Symptoms

  • Pain

  • Fatigue

  • Sensory disturbances

  • Lack of energy

  • Muscle weakness

  • Cramps

  • Loss of appetite

  • Taste and sleep disturbances

  • Pruritus (itching)

  • Restless legs

  • Symptoms related to dialysis or transplantation

Health behaviour and perception

  • Social exclusion

  • Dietary restraints and fluid intake restriction

  • Incapacity for sport

  • Transportation problems

  • Limited travel possibilities

  • Concerns about treatment unit (cleanliness, communication and quality of care)

  • Unemployment, missed school

  • Therapeutic costs