Quality of Life for Adult Client with Chronic Kidney Disease

Mahmoud Mohammed, Karem; Abd Elmoneem Elsayied, Hemat; Talaat M., Asmaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2019.251361

Quality of Life for Adult Client with Chronic Kidney Disease

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ B.Sc Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

² Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

³ Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2019.251361

Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease is a reduced glomerular filtration rate and it an
important cause of death and loss of disability-adjusted life-years worldwide. Aim: was to
assess the quality of life for adult clients’ with chronic kidney disease. Design: A descriptive
study design was utilized in the current study. Sample: A Purposive sample with 122 adult
Client with chronic kidney disease with the following criteria: adult male and female, age
ranged from 21-50 years. Setting: the study was conducted in renal insufficiency outpatient
clinics at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo governorate. Tools: first: An interviewing
questionnaire sheet (knowledge & compliance), and second: Kidney disease Quality of Life.
Results: The mean age of the study sample were 23.4 ± 15.2 years. More than one third
(36.1% & 35.0% respectively) of the client with chronic kidney disease had satisfactory
knowledge and compliance level about their disease, and more than half (52.5%) of them had
poor Quality of Life level. There was no statistical significance relation between client
quality of life and their knowledge but there were statistical significance relation between
client quality of life and their compliance. Conclusion: More than one third of the client with
chronic kidney disease had satisfactory knowledge and compliance level about their disease,
more than half of them had poor QoL level, and more than one third of them had average
QoL. There were a relation between client knowledge and their compliance and between
their quality of life and their compliance. Recommendation: Patients should to be provided
with sufficient relevant written and visual knowledge to facilitate educating them about
kidney disease, importance of hemodialysis, care of fistula, therapeutic regimen, and follow-
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