Quality of Life among Patients with Hemodialysis | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 55, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 735-748 PDF (295.3 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.254818 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aya Yehia Mohammed Elsodany1; Zeinab loutfi Abdelhamed2; Shimaa Saied Adam3 | ||
| 1Nursing Teacher at Technical Institute of nursing | ||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Chronic Kidney Disease; Hemodialysis Patient; Quality of Life | ||
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