Hemodiálisis crónica: programa de evaluación de calidad de vida en pacientes mayores de 60 años / Chronic hemodialysis: evaluation programme of life quality in patients over 60 years old
Rev. méd. Chile
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122(6): 679-85, jun. 1994. tab, ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-136206
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work was to assess the quality of life of 87 patients older than 60 years, out of 200 undergoing chronic hemodialysis in 9 centers at Santiago. A visual analog scale, with scores ranging from 0 (bad) to 100 (optimal) and a specific questionnaire about the impact of hemodialysis in daily activities, with scores ranging from 1 -10 (severe limitation) to +10 (no limitation) were applied to patients and their attending nurses. Using the visual analog scale, patients assesed their quality of life in 51.7 per cent and health personnel in 61.3 per cent . Patients had a questionnaire score of 2.3. Quality of life scores were inversely correlated with the condition of being diabetic and the number of hospital admissions
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Renal Dialysis
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Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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