Abstract:
Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important clinical outcome to measure the
effectiveness of interventions on patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) who are
undergoing regular hemodialysis (HD), which hemodialysis adequacy is an important
predictor of QoL. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between
hemodialysis adequacy and QoL in patients with CRF who receive HD therapy. The
purposive sampling method was used to select 43 respondents who undergoing regular
HD twice a week. The formula Kt / V was used to measure hemodialysis adequacy while
QoL was assessed by using a WHOQoL questionnaire. The age range of the respondents
was 25 to 75 years old, male 55.8%, female 44.2%, duration for each HD therapy (3
hours 4.6%, 4 hours 69.8% and 5 hours 25.6%). The research findings have shown that
only 25.6% patients met with the HD adequacy requirement, whereas 48.8% respondents
had poor QoL and 51.2 % of them had a good in QoL. Statistical analysis using chi
square has shown that there was no significant relationship between hemodialysis
adequacy and QoL (p value = 0.79). Achievement of high HD adequacy is needed to
improve in order to enhance QoL. Further research needs to determine the strength of the
disease profiles and clinical characteristics in order to confound QoL in this patient
group.
