Quality of elderly life in substitute renal therapy: A Review

Chronic Kidney Disease is a general term for changes that can affect the structure of a kidney function, with several causes and several prognostic factors. It is a long-term disease, insidious and most of the time it is asymptomatic. The purpose of this article is to discuss the literature on quality of life therapy in renal replacement therapy. This is a literature review based on the scientific productions related to the theme in the last 10 years. Although the decrease in age-related Glomerular Filtration may be due to the normal aging process, this decrease in the elderly is an independent predictor of adverse disease progression, such as death and cardiovascular disease. The elderly underwent hemodialysis treatment had a poor quality of life. Because they are individuals with a chronic disease, the physical domain, which addresses issues related to the patient's health status, is the most impaired. Thus, it is necessary to develop specific public policies to follow up these patients, with appropriate treatment of comorbidities, identification and early treatment of impaired renal function, providing improvements in the quality of life of this population.