THE RELATIONSHIP OF RESILIENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WHO UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS IN RASYDA KIDNEY HOSPITAL MEDAN

Abstract

Chronic kidney failure is a public health problem in the whole world and the treatment of end-stage chronic kidney failure is by dialysis. Haemodialysis can cause disorders  in patient's body function that can make  patient have to adaptation continuously for the rest of patient’s  life. Patients who suffering  chronic diseases like  chronic kidney failure feel unable to face, undergo, and accept the illness, so there is a need for resilience. Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness often faced by sufferers  Chronic kidney failure because various treatments can not help and  recover  the patient from chronic diseases that can affect his/her quality of life. This study aims to determine the relationship of resilience and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney  failure who undergoing  hemodialysis at the Rasyda Kidney Hospital . This research is a descriptive correlative type of research using cross sectional design and the number of samples  were 117 people where sampling technique with accindental sampling. The results showed that patients with chronic kidney failure who underwent hemodialysis at the majority Rasyida Kidney Special Hospital (85.5%) had high resilience and had an adequate quality of life (66.7%). The results also showed that there was a relationship of resilience with the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney failure undergoing hemodialysis at the Rasyida Kidney Special Hospital (p = 0.001, α <0.005). Researchers suggest that future studies conduct research on the factors that affect resilience and quality of life of patients with chronic kidney failure undergoing hemodialysis.