title: Quality of life/spirituality, religion and personal beliefs of adult and elderly chronic kidney patients under hemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the quality of life of chronic kidney patients undergoing hemodialysis, using the WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-SRPB.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive and cross-sectional study was undertaken at a kidney replacement therapy service in the interior of the state of SP. The 110 subjects who complied with the inclusion criteria answered the Subject Characterization Instrument, the WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-SRPB.
  
  
  RESULTS
  most of the respondents were male (67.27%), with a mean age of 55.65 years, Catholic (55.45%), with unfinished primary education (33.64%) and without formal occupation (79.08%). The WHOQOL-bref domains with the highest and lowest mean score were, respectively, "psychological" (µ=74.20) and "physical" (µ=61.14). The WHOQOL-SRPB domains with the highest and lowest mean score were, respectively, "completeness and integration" (µ=4.00) and "faith" (µ=4.40).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the respondents showed high quality of life scores, specifically in the dimensions related to spirituality, religion and personal beliefs. Losses were evidenced in the physical domain of quality of life, possibly due to the changes resulting from the chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis treatment.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Suzana Gabriela
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rusa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriele Ibanhes
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Peripato
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sofia Cristina Iost
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pavarini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Keika
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marisa Silvana
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zazzetta
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana de Souza
authors.initials: Fde S
authors.lastname: Orlandi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D029181:Spirituality