Quality of Life among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients undergoing Haemodialysis in Indonesia

Abstract

Quality of life is one of the major outcomes to evaluate treatment effectiveness However quality of life of chronic kidney disease patients in Indonesia has not been determined The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of life and its relationship with demographic characteristics in chronic kidney disease patients undergoing haemodialysis in Indonesia This research was a descriptive study with cross sectional design using survey technique Total of 185 subjects were recruited from a Yogyakarta hospital in Indonesia Mean age for the subjects was 51 1 years (SD = 12 6) Most were 50-79 years old (n = 104 56 2%) male (n = 113 61 1%) low education status (n = 132 71 4%) married (n = 172 93 0%) living with family (n = 181 97 8%) no employment status (n = 107 57 8%) and patients who had haemodialysis frequency two times per week (n = 116 62 7%) Quality of life was evaluated using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36? (KDQOL-36?) Content validity for all the items in this instrument reached 100% The Chronbach’s alpha this instrument was 806 The mean and standard deviation scores of KDQOL-36? subscales such as: S/P (Symptom/Problem list) EKD (Effects of Kidney Disease) BKD (Burden of Kidney Disease) PCS (Physical Component Summary) MCS (Mental Component Summary) in this research were 77 00 (SD = 14 15) 74 51 (SD = 13 48) 41 62 (SD = 19 98) 31 57 (SD = 5 60) and 43 91 (SD = 6 51) respectively The chronic kidney disease patients' demographic data and KDQOL-36? subscales had contribution to determine the quality of life Age gender educational status marital status living conditions employment status and frequency of haemodialysis were related aspects

Date of Award	2014 Feb 10
Original language	English
Supervisor	Miao-Fen Yen (Supervisor)