Volume 12, Issue 47 (10-2003)                   JGUMS 2003, 12(47): 16-23 | Back to browse issues page

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Mokhtari N, Nasiri M, Mashoof T, Kazem Neghad E. A Comparative Study of Hemodialysis Patients’ QOL from Patients’ and Nurses’ Perception. JGUMS 2003; 12 (47) :16-23
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Introduction: Patients with chronic renal disease are faced with numerous problems and complications. And it affects all aspects of patient’s life and eventually the quality of it. Objective: This comparative – descriptive study was conducted to compare dialysis patients’ Quality of Life from patients and nurses’ perception admitted to Razi Educational Dialysis Center in 2002. Materials and Methods: The sample chosen by survey, consisted of 18 nurses and 126 patients undergoing hemodialysis. The data collection instrument included demographic characteristics and three scales of QOL (Contril’s Self – Anchoring Striving Scale, Index of well-being, and Time – T Trade – Off Health State Utility Score). Descriptive – analytical statistics (Independent T – test, Analysis variance and Pearson’ s correlation test) were used for data analysis. Results: The results from patients’ perception showed a significant relationship between their QOL and level of education and income in all three scales. In addition a significant relationship b/w their QOL and place of living (P<0.03) and occupation (P<0.005) in index of well- being scale and between age (P<0.003) and place of living (P<0.001) in Cantrell’s Self- anchoring striving scale was shown and it indicated that the independent variable of QOL is positively correlated with dependent variables of occupation, number of children, predisposing diseases. The results from nurses’ perceptions of patients QOL indicated a significant relationship with sex (IWB) and with marital status and work experience in hemodialysis wards (SASS). Overall in all three scales, there was a significant correlation between patients and nurses’ perceptions of QOL. T- test analyses showed a significant difference between the scores in both groups in IWB (p
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Received: 2014/08/31 | Accepted: 2014/08/31 | Published: 2014/08/31

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