Evaluation of quality of life and its effective factors in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis in Boroujerd hospitals in 2021

Chronic renal failure is a progressive and irreversible disease in which the kidneys lose their function. This disease affects the quality of life of patients. The study of the dimensions of quality of life in patients undergoing dialysis is necessary to design educational interventions. This study was performed with the aim of determining the factors affecting the quality of life in hemodialysis patients.

The study was a cross-sectional study that examined the quality of life of all patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis (80 people) in two hospitals of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Boroujerdi, Boroujerd city in 2021. Data collection was the standard quality of life questionnaire for kidney patients (KDQOL-SF). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and mean as well as independent t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient.

The mean of the total quality of life score was 47.86± 6.22. Also, there was a significant relationship between the patient's perception of health status and the quality of life level (p = 0.005); so that the more a person considered his health status weaker the quality of life score also decreases. Also, Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant negative correlation between age and quality of life (p=0.001, r=0.390).

The results of this study showed a low level of quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis.