title: [Quality of life of hemodialysis patients in a Brazilian Public Hospital in Belém - Pará].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  End-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring dialysis affects the quality of life sometimes more severely than other chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exerting a negative effect on the energy and vitality levels, limiting social interactions, and hindering psychic health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the quality of life of patients with CKD on hemodialysis in a public Brazilian Amazonian hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected through interview based on the Brazilian version of the SF-36 questionnaire. The study was conducted on 50 patients (mean age, 48 ± 16 years; mean hemodialysis time, 3 ± 2.9 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most affected domain was role limitations due to physical health, with a mean score of 36 ± 36, and 58% of the patients in the lowest quartile, while mental health and social functioning were relatively preserved, with most patients in the highest quartile. Men obtained poorer scores than women did for role limitations due to physical health and vitality. Age correlated negatively with physical functioning. Patients on hemodialysis for more than one year had better scores in the social functioning domain, with a positive correlation between dialysis time and physical functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The domains assessed were globally impaired in the population studied, especially regarding role limitations due to physical health, suggesting that chronic disease with prolonged treatment has a negative influence on those domains.
authors: Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna, Belém, Pará, Brasil.
authors: Cíntia Botelho
authors: CB
authors: Silveira
authors: Ivaneida Kzarina Olaia Ribeiro
authors: IK
authors: Pantoja
authors: Allan Roberto Marques
authors: AR
authors: Silva
authors: Rômulo Nina de
authors: RN
authors: Azevedo
authors: Nayara Bandeira de
authors: NB
authors: Sá
authors: Marck Gregório Pereira
authors: MG
authors: Turiel
authors: Mário Barbosa Guedes
authors: MB
authors: Nunes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires