Quality of life in chronic haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in Turkey and related factors


Oren B., Enc N.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, cilt.19, sa.6, ss.547-556, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ijn.12098
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.547-556
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Turkey is the fifth country in Europe with regard to the number of patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). However, only a limited number of studies have comparatively investigated the factors that affect quality of life in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Turkey. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that affect quality of life in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, as well as providing a comparison of quality of life between these groups. In this cross-sectional study, Quality of Life Scale and a data form was completed by 300 dialysis patients who received treatment at five hospital-based dialysis units in Istanbul, Turkey. The data were evaluated using arithmetic mean values, standard deviations, minimums, maximums, percentages, independent groups t-tests, Spearman correlation analyses and one-way variance analyses. The quality of life values in peritoneal dialysis patients were found to be higher than those of haemodialysis patients (P<0.05). It was concluded that the quality of life in chronic dialysis patients was affected by various factors.
Turkey is the ?fth country in Europe with regard to the number of patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). However, only
a limited number of studies have comparatively investigated the factors that affect quality of life in haemodialysis and
peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in Turkey. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that affect quality of life
in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, as well as providing a comparison of quality of life between these groups.
In this cross-sectional study, Quality of Life Scale and a data form was completed by 300 dialysis patients who received
treatment at ?ve hospital-based dialysis units in Istanbul, Turkey. The data were evaluated using arithmetic mean values,
standard deviations, minimums, maximums, percentages, independent groups t-tests, Spearman correlation analyses and
one-way variance analyses. The quality of life values in peritoneal dialysis patients were found to be higher than those of
haemodialysis patients (P < 0.05). It was concluded that the quality of life in chronic dialysis patients was affected by
various factors.