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- Title
Itinerrio teraputico de pacientes renais crnicos em tratamento dial¡tico.
- Authors
de Souza Ara£jo, Rafaella Cristina; Rosendo da Silva, Richardson Augusto; Bezerra, Moiziara Xavier; Souza Onofre, Mileny; Vilar de Araújo, Ana Elisa; Maiane Pessoa da Silva, Kamila
- Abstract
Objective: To know the therapeutic itinerary of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) under dialytic treatment. Method: This is a descriptive and exploratory study, with qualitative nature, performed in 40 patients with chronic renal failure who underwent dialysis in a clinic located in the municipality of Natal-RN. The data collection was held through semi-structured interviews. Results: The study showed that the therapeutic itinerary of the interviewed patients was marked by the discovery of the renal disease, search for health care, dialytic treatment and future prospects. Conclusion: it was notorious that the majority of the interviewed were belatedly referred to the specialist, when the renal function is already largely affected, which often requires a dialytic treatment or even the accomplishment of urgent admissions. The transplantation was characterized as hope for a better quality of life and release from the dialytic therapy.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure; CHRONIC kidney failure; CONTENT analysis; HEALTH services accessibility; HEMODIALYSIS; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; DISEASE prevalence
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2, p525
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2014v6n2p525