Quality of Life for Adult Client with Chronic Kidney Disease | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 78, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 1027-1039 PDF (573.18 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.251361 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Karem Mahmoud Mohammed1; Hemat Abd Elmoneem Elsayied2; Asmaa Talaat M.3 | ||
| 1B.Sc Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 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- up < /span>. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Adult client; Chronic Kidney Disease; Quality of Life | ||
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