:: Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2010) ::
jccnursing 2010, 3(1): 7-8 Back to browse issues page
Comparison of quality of life in haemodialysis and renal transplantation pateints
علی Tayyebi a , Seyed hossein Salimi s h , حسین Mahmoudi h , Seyed davood Tadrisi s d
Abstract:   (2667 Views)
Aims: In renal replacement therapies, increaseing the life expectancy and keeping health is not the only goal, rather it involves keeping and increasing quality of life. The aim of this study was to measure and compare the quality of life in renal transplantation and haemodialysis patients . Methods: This descriptive-analytical study performed on renal transplantation and haemodialysis patients reffered to one of the Tehran city hospitals in 2008. 76 haemodialysis and renal transplantation patients were selected by purposeful sampling method. For data collection, demographic and SF-36 questionnaires were used. Data was analyzed by SPSS 15 software and paired T-test and ANOVA with repeated measures methods. Results: Economic, family and job satisfaction (1=very satisfied 5=very unsatisfied) for haemodialysis patients were 3.2 (relative satisfied), 2.34 (satisfied) and 1.36 (very satisfied) and for transplantation patients were 2.75 (relative satisfied), 2 (satisfied) and 3.10 (very satisfied), respectively. Two groups had significant differences in quality of life in general health (p=0.004) and physical health (p=0.01). Conclusion: Transplantation patients with higher score in quality of life in general health and physical health have better life than haemodialysis patients.
Full-Text [PDF 304 kb]   (1665 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2019/03/3 | Published: 2010/04/15


XML   Persian Abstract   Print



Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2010) Back to browse issues page