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AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE PATIENTS OF HEMODIALYSIS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT

Dr Zirwa Younas, Dr Aqsa Hameed, Dr Munibah Nisar

Objective: This research study was conducted to find out the relationship between quality of life & social support of hemodialysis patient. Methodology: In this research we simply studied one sixty-four participants who taking hemodialysis treatment. All the data of this research work were collected from deferent source like by personal information of patients, by the help of Medical checkup study thirty-six item short Form & the Multidimensional Scale of anticipated Social Support survey. Results: From this study it was clear that the quality or condition of life of hemodialysis patients is low. Physical Composite Scores (PCS) had commonly high in ladies and in married patient & Mental Health Composite Scores (MCS) had frequently low elderly patients. Married patients had high support of wife & unmarried patients had high support of friends. Conclusion: Quality of life of Hemodialysis patients has almost low and we know that quality of life and social support are closely related with each other. For healthy hemodialysis patients it is necessary to follow the impressive sources of social support for the raise their quality of life. Key Words: Composite Scores, Physical Health, Hemodialysis, Patients, Mental Health, Diagnosis.

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