In 1998, Miura et al. (2) validated the Japanese
version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short
Form (KDQOL-SF). That study found that CAPD
patients were compromised only in terms of social
functioning. However, few investigations have looked
at the HRQOL of both CAPD patients and their family
caregivers.
In the present study, we examined HRQOL among
CAPD patients and their family caregivers. Our three
main objectives in terms of CAPD patients and their
families were
• to understand current levels of HRQOL and
caregiver burden.