A study to assess the quality-of-life of patients undergoing haemodialysis in a selected hospital, Namakkal

Abstract

A descriptive study was conducted to assess the QOL of patients undergoing haemodialysis in a selected hospital, Namakkal. Research approach used for this study was Quantitative research approach. Design - Non experimental descriptive research design was used in this study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample size. The Study setting was Vivekananda Medical Care Hospital, Namakkal. The tool was semi structured Interview scheduling by using SF 36 questionnaire. It consist of: Section A: Part I socio demographic variables. Part II clinical data Section B: short form survey -36 Questionnaires. The study findings shows that, there is no positive relationship between the domains of QOL except pain and emotional wellbeing by using Karl pearson correlation test. The finding of the study reveals that the H1 hypothesis was rejected at ***p>0.05 level of significance. Association between overall QOL with selected demographic and clinical variables was calculated by chi square test. There is no association between quality of life of patients undergoing haemodialysis patients with their selected demographic and clinical variables. Hence H2 hypothesis was rejected. The results revealed that there was majority of CKD patients had average QOL.