QUALITY OF LIFE ON PATIENTS HAEMODIALYSIS

Abstract

Cross sectional descriptive study whose purpose was to know personal characteristics and quality of life of chronic renal failure patients on haemodialysis as substitutive therapy. Ninety patients from two dialysis centres located at Concepción, Chile, were the study group. SF-36 generic health questionnaire was used to measure quality of life. Almost half of patients were 45 to 65 years old, had an equivalent gender distribution, three fourths of subjects declared coupled, more than half had low schooling and all of them had a health insurance system. Results showed that the highest value for quality of life was 81.8 and the lowest, 3,25. We conclude that almost half of inquiered subjects had a quality of life above average level.