A Study of Quality of Life in End Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis Treatment

Introduction& Disease special chronic disease changes the way a patient lives. By identifying the effective factors on patients’ QOL, we can offer effective services & increase level of health Quality of Life. This study was carried out in order to determine the effective factors on patients’ QOL who undergoing hemodialysis treatment in Maragheh Sina hospital The subjects of this study included all the 73 hemodialysis patients who were admitted to Sina hospital in Maragheh in 2006. A questionnaire including demographic information & aspects of QOL such as physical, mental, social, economical & family was used. It was validated by content validity & reliability of the instrument was obtained by re-test. Findings of study showed that the average ages of hemodialysis patients were 51.14.. 63% were male & 37% were female. Totale scores of for 80/8% of patients have medium score & 19/2% of them have weak score in physical condition 57/5% of patient, in emotional condition 2/6 %, in socioeconomical condition (86/3 %) have poor condition but in family condition most of them (67/1%) have good condition. There was a significant between QOL & physical condition (correlation=0/683, p=0/000), QOL & emotional condition (correlation=0.615, p= 0.000), QOL & socioeconomical condition (correlation= 0.647, p=0.000) & QOL & family condition (correlation=0.699, p=0.000). There wasn ’t a significant between QOL & sex. Most of patients had medium QOL & there is a significant between QOL & difference aspects of QOL. By identifying the effective factors on patients’ QOL we can enhance the patients’ QOL.