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Health-Related Quality of Life and Urolithiasis

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Symptomatic urinary stone disease mandates treatment to help patients. Stone-free status has been the principle measure of success to determine how well stone formers have been treated. Although stone elimination remains paramount, success outcomes, as in other disease processes, will begin to include the patient’s perception of treatment and hopeful prevention of further disease. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) addresses more than simple assessments of desired endpoints, such as stone-free status, or physical symptoms, such as pain. Measuring HRQOL includes assessing domains related to physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning in order to evaluate the impact health status has on patient perception of quality of life.

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Sharadin, C., Lowry, P. (2018). Health-Related Quality of Life and Urolithiasis. In: Lowry, P., Penniston, K. (eds) Nutrition Therapy for Urolithiasis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16414-4_2

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