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Background: Physical activity may improve quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease. Aim: To assess the relationship between physical activity and quality of life in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Material and Methods: The Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36) and the International Physical Activity questionnaire were answered by 130 patients with chronic kidney disease (74 women, 80 receiving renal substitution therapy). Sociodemographic variables were recorded. Results: Patients on renal substitution therapy with a time lapse since diagnosis of 0 to 6 months had higher levels of physical activity than those with longer time lapses (51.4 ± 12.5 and 34.6 ± 8.1 minutes respectively). Disease burden scores were lower among patients with renal substitution therapy. There was a direct correlation between levels of vigorous and moderate physical activity and the physical functioning dimension in the quality of life questionnaire for patients with more than 19 months of disease. The dimension general physical health was significantly associated with physical activity in women and patients with 7 to 18 months of diagnosis. The dimension disease burden was associated with physical activity in women, patients not receiving substitution therapy and those with 7 to 18 months of diagnosis. Conclusions: Moderate and vigorous physical activity is directly related to the dimensions physical functioning, the general perception of physical health and inversely related with the dimension burden of disease.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Quality of Life/psychology , Exercise/psychology , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/psychology , Socioeconomic Factors , Exercise/physiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Sex Distribution , Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy , Delayed Diagnosis/statistics & numerical data , Drug Substitution/statistics & numerical dataSubject(s)
Humans , Ethics, Medical , Informed Consent , Neoplasms , Personal Autonomy , Professional Autonomy , Colombia , Paternal BehaviorABSTRACT
Serie de 29 casos y sus resultados en observaciones realizadas con ayuda de una lista de chequeo durante el transcurso de los turnos diurnos y nocturnos de enfermería en el servicio de urgencias de un hospital de nivel III en un lapso de 30 días. Para recolectar la información se utilizó una lista con 54 ítems que describieron el manejo ideal del paciente con TCE, así como las intervenciones ejecutadas, las omitidas y los responsables de las mismas, para determinar cuáles deben realizarse durante los primeros 60 minutos del ingreso al servicio de urgencias. Según la literatura, el número de actividades que deben efectuarse son 54, de las cuales 18 (33%) son competencias del profesional de enfermería. Este estudio además reveló un factor importante como es el diagnóstico preciso del déficit neurológico y la regularidad de la valoración, lo que nos lleva a pensar que es indispensable realizar un protocolo de intervenciones de enfermería con pautas secuenciales para una mejor atención.
This study discusses a series of 29 cases and their results based on check-list assisted observations performed during ER nursing day and night shifts at a level III hospital in a 30-day period. A 54-item check-list which described the management of patients with CET, as well as implemented and omitted interventions, and person responsible, in order to determine which should be performed upon the first 60 minutes of patient admission to the ER, was used. According to literature, 54 interventions should be performed, 18 (33%) of which must be carried out by the nursing professional. Additionally, this study reveals an important factor as is obtaining an accurate baseline and ongoing neurological deficit diagnosis which leads us to consider that a nursing intervention protocol including sequential guidelines in order to deliver better care is required.