Religiosity, spirituality and quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent hemodialysis in northeastern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Fereira, Glaucirene Siebra Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Fernandes, Paula Frassinetti Camurça Castelo Branco, Oliveira, Lucia Conde de, Pinto, José Riginaldo, Ferreira, Ivo Bradley Moura, Gurgel Junior, Francisco Freitas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/28982
• topic: Chronic kidney disease; Hemodialysis; Religiosity; Spirituality; Quality of life.; Enfermedad renal crónica; Hemodiálisis; Religiosidad; Espiritualidad; Calidad de vida.; Doença renal crônica; Hemodiálise; Religiosidade; Espiritualidade; Qualidade de vida.

This investigation verified the relationship of spirituality and religiosity associated with quality of life in chronic renal patients who underwent hemodialysis. Cross-sectional study conducted in the State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, using a sample of 192 participants. The following instruments were used in the interviews: sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, kidney disease and quality of life short-form (KDQOL-SF TM) and WHOQOL-SRPB. The collection took place in 2019. All analyses were performed on the SPSS. The results showed that the participants were between 50 and 51 years old (30.1%); male (69.8%); married (54.7%); receiving between 1 and 2 minimum wages (67.2%); incomplete elementary school (47.9%); unemployed (19.8%); live accompanied (93.2%); dialysis time from 1 to 5 years (39.6%). Patients were aware that their state of health makes it difficult to "perform activities that require physical exertion" showed a significant increase of about three times more spirituality/religiosity (OR=4.096, 95% CI: 1.33 – 12.608, p= 0.014). It was found that religiosity and spirituality interferes in the quality of life of chronic renal patients.