Evaluation of the quality of life of patients submitted to renal replacement therapy: cross-sectional study
International Journal of Development Research
Evaluation of the quality of life of patients submitted to renal replacement therapy: cross-sectional study
Received 18th June 2020; Received in revised form 20th July 2020; Accepted 27th August 2020; Published online 30th September 2020
Copyright © 2020, Tatiane Barbosa Soares Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To trace the epidemiological profile and evaluate the quality of life of patients undergoing replacement therapies, and whether there is a difference between these groups. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study conducted with 75 patients submitted to renal replacement therapies in a university hospital in the metropolitan region of Recife, of whom 42 were hemodialysis, 22 were peritoneal dialysis and 12 were transplanted, who agreed to participate in the research. Results: Regarding the profile of the modalities, the patients presented similarity only in terms of gender, income and place of residence, and the results obtained were female, income of one minimum wage and most lived in the metropolitan region of Recife/PE, respectively. Conclusion: In the comparison of quality of life with the therapies, in general, the transplanted ones obtained the best score; however, there was a significant influence on sociodemographic and clinical data on quality of life in various aspects, in the three modalities, evidencing that substitute therapies interfere in the quality of life of patients, causing difficulties in their daily lives regarding their family, social, mental, professional and leisure life.
