Quality of Life among Patients with Hemodialysis

Yehia Mohammed Elsodany, Aya; Loutfi Abdelhamed, Zeinab; Saied Adam, Shimaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.254818

Quality of Life among Patients with Hemodialysis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Teacher at Technical Institute of nursing

² Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

³ Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2022.254818

Abstract

Background: Efforts to enhance quality of life in hemodialysis patients is one of the
important aims of treatment in end stage renal disease which have encouraged health care providers
to undertake more research to identify different dimensions of quality of life and effective ways to
improve it. Aim: This study aims to assess quality of life among patients with hemodialysis.
Method: A descriptive study design was used. The study included all available patients having
hemodialysis and attended the hemodialysis unit at Menoufya university hospital affiliated to
Menoufya city during three months. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire sheet was used to
collect the data which was composed of two parts namely; socio-demographic characteristics of the
studied patients and clinical data of the studied patients; Tool 2: Kidney Disease Quality of Life
Scale Short Form 36 (KDQOL-SF36) version 1.3 (Arabic version). Results: The current study
indicated that, there was a highly statically significant relation between gender and occupation of
studied patients and their total quality of life. There was a highly statically significant relation
between studied patients’ clinical variables. Conclusion: Based on the finding of the current study,
it was concluded that, the factors affecting QoL for patients on regular hemodialysis were gender
and occupation. Recommendations: conducting similar researcher on large number of patients to
achieve generalization of results.

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