The effect of travel distance on health-related quality of life for patients with nephrolithiasis.
CONCLUSIONS: Stone disease imposes significant burden on patients' HRQOL due to a variety of factors. Patients with active stone symptoms report worse HRQOL with increased distance to their treatment site. Possible etiologies include travel burden, increased disease burden, decreased healthcare use, and delays in care.
PMID: 31702546 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Urological Association Journal - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Narang GL, Wiener LE, Penniston KL, Antonelli JA, Averch TD, Sivalingam S, Chew BH, Bird VG, Pais VM, Sur RL, Chi T, Streeper NM, Nakada SY, Koch GG, Viprakasit DP Tags: Can Urol Assoc J Source Type: research