Correlative research about the social support and quality of life for patients with chronic kidney disease / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To find out the condition of the quality of life and social support in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)and analyze the their correlation.Methods Adopt stratified random sampling method take samples 200 CKD patients who were treated at chronic Kidney disease of internal of general hospital form March to June 2014 in Luzhou city.Then completed the instruments of the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS)and the quality of life scale (KDQOL-SFTM ).Results Objective support score of social support for patients with CKD was higher than the national average(P <0.05);Total score of social support and subjective support,social support utilization degree score were lower than the national average(P <0.05).The score was less than 60 in KDQOL-SFTM from low to high followed by kidney disease burden(BKD),work status(WS),sexual function(SexF),the lim-ited strength caused by working and living (RP),general health(GH),were basically identical with other research results.The so-cial support and quality of life had a positive correlation.Conclusion The social support and quality of life in the patients with CKD are lower than the normal people,and there is a positive correlation between them.One of the main task is to improve social support network for patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD).