title: Functional independence in patients with chronic kidney disease being treated with haemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study has described and analysed the functional independence of the patients served in the haemodialysis services of a countryside town in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM).
  
  
  METHODS
  The population considered was that of 214 patients being treated with haemodialysis, assessed in 2011, by means of a social, demographic and clinical report, a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and also the FIM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the population under study was 58.01 years, while the mean FIM point score was 118.38 points, showing a level of complete or modified independence within this population. Even though the level of dependence found has been low, this can be highlighted, within the locomotion domain, in the activity of going up and down stairs (10.28%). Age, complications arising from haemodialysis, and comorbidities show a negative correlation with FIM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Awareness of the level of functional independence of the patients being subjected to treatment with haemodialysis is essential in order to back up intervention for the improvement of nursing assistance provided to this population.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Paulista, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil. gra_enf@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Graziella Allana Serra Alves de Oliveira
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Oller
authors.forename: Rita de Cássia Helú Mendonça
authors.initials: Rde C
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Darlene Suellen Antero
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Travagim
authors.forename: Marcelo Aparecido
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Sueli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kusumota
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult