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- Title
The adaptation problems of patients undergoing hemodialysis: socio economic and clinical aspects.
- Authors
Frazão, Cecilia Maria Farias de Queiroz; Medeiros, Ana Beatriz de Almeida; Sá, Jéssica Dantas de; Fernandes, Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias; Lira, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho; Lopes, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
- Abstract
Objectives: to identify adaptation problems under Roy's Model in patients undergoing hemodialysis and to correlate them with the socioeconomic and clinical aspects. Method: a transversal study, undertaken using a questionnaire. The sample was made up of 178 individuals. The Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney U tests were undertaken. Results: the adaptation problems and the socioeconomic and clinical aspects which presented statistical associations were: Hyperkalemia and age; Edema and income; Impairment of a primary sense: touch and income; Role failure and age; Sexual dysfunction and marital status and sex; Impairment of a primary sense: vision and years of education; Intolerance to activity and years of education; Chronic pain and sex and years of education; Impaired skin integrity and age: Hypocalcemia and access; Potential for injury and age and years of education; Nutrition below the organism's requirements and age; Impairment of a primary sense: hearing and sex and kinetic evaluation of urea; Mobility in gait and/or coordination restricted, and months of hemodialysis; and, Loss of ability for self-care, and months of hemodialysis and months of illness. Conclusion: adaptation problems in the clientele undergoing hemodialysis can be influenced by socioeconomic/clinical data. These findings contribute to the development of the profession, fostering the nurse's reflection regarding the care.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HEMODIALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; CHI-squared test; CHRONIC kidney failure; CONFIDENCE intervals; PHILOSOPHY of nursing; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2014, Vol 22, Issue 6, p966
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-1169.3525.2504