title: Excess fluid volume: sociodemographic and clinical analysis in haemodialysis patients.
abstract: To analyse the defining characteristics and related factors in the nursing diagnosis Excess fluid volume and its relationship to sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis patients.
  Cross-sectional study, conducted using a form and physical examination, with a sample of 100 patients, between December 2012 and April 2013 at a university hospital and a dialysis clinic.
  It was found 10 significant statistical associations between the defining characteristics/ related factors of Excess fluid volume and the sociodemographic and clinical variables.
  The defining characteristics and related factors of Excess fluid volume could be influenced by sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis clientele.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila de Souza
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jéssica Dantas de Sá
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tinôco
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Millena Freire
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Mariano Nunes de
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ceará, Department of Nursing. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D053099:Azotemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes