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TITLE:

ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASES ON HEMODIALYSIS IN JAZAN REGION, SADI ARABIA, 2018

AUTHORS:

Hassan Najmi, AbdulmlikNajmi, Khaled Mashhour, Asim Hakami, AL-Muhannad Khabrani, Manssour Alfaifi, Majed najmi, Mohammed Hamdi

ABSTRACT:

Background: It has been reported that patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) suffering from impaired quality of life. However, this study aimed to assess quality of life among patients with ESRD on hemodialysis in Jazan Region Saudi Arabia and to identify possible risk factors for impaired quality of life among those patients. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative study on stable patients with ESRD on hemodialysis (n = 271) were interviewed to assess their quality of life using WHOQoL-BREF. Personal, socio-demographic, lifestyle habits and clinical factors were gathered through the interview and by reviewing medical records. The data were analyzed using SPSS (statistical package for social science studies). Results: The results show that the sufficient overall quality of life was reported among only 5.5% of patients. Furthermore, there were 37% of participants were not satisfied with their general health. In the scores of quality of life domains, the lowest rating domain was for physical health with a mean of 46.7 (±12). While the psychological domain got an average of 52.7 (±16.6). The mean score for social domain were 53.7 (±23) and 50.7 (±15.2) for environmental domains. There were significant relations between quality of life and age,socioeconomic status, time spent(months) since last admission, and physical activity among participants in this study. Conclusion: Quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Jazan Region is severely deteriorated. There were many factors affecting quality of life of patients with ESRD including personal, demographic, clinical factors. In addition, inactivity have the strongest contribution to worsen quality of life. Recommendation: Outpatients' physician should be trained to evaluate quality of life and identify patients' problems to resolve it to improve treatment outcomes and therefore quality of life among those patients. Key words: Hemodialysis, quality of life, Jizan city, Saudi Arabia.

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