Abstract
Resumo Objetivo: Identificar fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos associados à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de pacientes renais crônicos em hemodiálise. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, de corte transversal, com abordagem quantitativa realizado com 101 pacientes renais crônicos em hemodiálise. Aplicou-se o instrumento de caracterização dos sujeitos e o Kidney Disease and Quality of Life - Short Form. Foi realizada regressão logística para análise multivariada, com critério Stepwise de seleção de variáveis. Resultados: Os fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos associados à melhor QVRS encontrados foram: sexo masculino, menor idade, etnia negra, parceiro fixo, maior escolaridade, praticante de religião, altos níveis séricos de albumina e de hematócrito. Conclusão: Estes fatores são importantes para a melhoria da assistência a pacientes renais crônicos em hemodiálise.
Highlights
Among the prevalent chronic diseases in the elderly is chronic kidney disease (CKD)
This study aimed to identify the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis
To identify factors associated with HRQOL of patients with chronic kidney disease is very important, as it can drive the care for patients in this condition, optimizing aspects associated with better HRQOL
Summary
Among the prevalent chronic diseases in the elderly is chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is important to identify the factors associated with HRQOL of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. Some national and international studies have identified factors associated with HRQOL of patients with CKD, such as gender, age, education, socioeconomic status, occupation, duration of hemodialysis, comorbidity and malnutrition.[4,6,7,8]. In this context, this study aimed to identify the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with HRQOL of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis
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