Evaluation of the quality of life of women submitted to hemodialysis treatment

• Autor(a) principal: Couto, Pablo Luiz Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Gislane Silva, Souza, Diogo Pereira, Boa Sorte, Elionara Teixeira, Paiva, Mirian Santos, Gomes, Antônio Marcos Tosoli
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/29299
• topic: Kidney Diseases; Renal dialysis; Quality of life; Women’s Health; Nefropatias; Diálise Renal; Qualidade de Vida; Saúde da Mulher.

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of women undergoing hemodialysis. Method: descriptive and cross-sectional quantitative study of 51 women undergoing hemodialysis treatment attended at a hospital in Northeast Brazil. Data were collected using the KDQOL-SF36 questionnaire. The descriptive statistical analysis and the calculation of the questionnaire score were performed. The ANOVA and t Tukey tests were performed. Results: The domains that most compromised quality of life and therefore presented major limitations, were physical performance/ problems (M = 95.4) and emotional problems (M = 96.5), both had a standard deviation less than 1 (M = 2,1 / SD = 1,5), vitality (M = 7.0 / SD = 3.0) and general health perception (M = 9.5 / SD = 3,3) little interfered in the quality of life of women. Conclusion: It is concluded that women undergoing hemodialysis have impairment of quality of life with limitations in physical performance / problems and emotional problems.