Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
DOI: 10.5455/msm.2015.27.305-309
Received: 20 August 2015; Accepted: 05 October 2015 © 2015 Kousoula Gerasimoula, Lagou Lefkothea, Lena Maria, Alikari Victoria, Theofilou Paraskevi, Polikandrioti Maria This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ORIGINAL PAPER
Mater Sociomed. 2015 Oct; 27(5): 305-309
QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS Kousoula Gerasimoula1, Lagou Lefkothea1, Lena Maria1, Alikari Victoria1, Theofilou Paraskevi2, Polikandrioti Maria1 Department of Nursing, Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens, Greece Panteion University, Department of Psychology, Athens, Greece
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Corresponding author: Maria Polikandrioti Maria. Department of Nursing, Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens, Athens, Greece. E-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT Purpose: To explore the quality of life in hemodialysis patients. Material and Methods: The sample studied consisted of 320 patients undergoing hemodialysis in one-day dialysis center. Data were collected by the completion of a specially designed questionnaire which apart from the sociodemographic and clinical variables, it also included the scale Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index (MVQOLI) for assessing quality of life. Results: Of the 320 hemodialysis patients, 57,2% were men while 28,1% of the participants were 71-80 years old. The average total score of quality of life was found to be 17.43 (in a range 0-30). The total score of quality of life was found to be higher in participants
