The relationship between quality of life and disease severity among chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis in De Los Santos Medical Center
Date of Completion
2014
Document Type
Research Project
Degree Name
Community Medicine
Keywords
Quality of Life, Kidney Diseases, Renal Dialysis
Abstract
A cross-sectional study was employed. The researchers selected CKD patients undergoing hemodialysis for more than three (3) months. Respondents were chosen using simple random sampling. The study utilized patients’ medical records and a 26 item WHOCOL-BREF questionnaire for data collection. Data was analysed using prevalence ratio. A total of 52 patients were selected, 14 were of less disease severity and 38 were of greater disease severity. Upon analysis of data, it was found that quality of life and disease severity had no significant association. Although with a 57.69% of the patients with more severe disease had poor quality of life, pertinent statistical treatment proved that their relationship was otherwise insignificant. Moreover, certain extraneous variables such as age and socioeconomic status were also proven to be of no association among the studied variables.
APA Citation
Barrios, J. P., Caballes, I. L., Caldo, K., Casida, K. K., Concepcion, M. A., Cortez, E., Cudiamat, R. A., Enriquez, C., Fetalvero, B. K., Herrera, E. M., & Hizon, A. (2014). The relationship between quality of life and disease severity among chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis in De Los Santos Medical Center. [Research output, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/commed/53/