Dr Muhammad Anees
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING QUALITY OF LIFE OF HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS-LAHORE,PSKISTAN.
objective study determine demographic factors affecting quality life qol hemodialysis hd patientsthis observational study conducted shalamar hospital lahore patients end stage renal disease esrd maintenance hd three months included period march june 2012 patient esrd dialysis acute renal failure excluded one hundred twenty five patients fulfilled criteria included demographic data containing age sex residence socio economic status education mode traveling dialysis total time consumed dialysis collected investigators qol index measured using 26 items qol brefthere 89712 male 36288 female patients environmental domain score highest p0000 domains hd patients overall analysis age marital status total time consumed getting hd effect qol significantly p005 domain wise analysis male better qol social relationship domain female age negative relationship physical health psychological health domain qol unmarried literate patients significantly better p005 physical health domain employed patients better qol physical psychological social relationship domain p005 unemployed patients patients residence rural areas better qol physical environment domain financial status hd patients affect qol social domain distance covered reach hospital effect qol psychological domain p005 patients traveling private transport better qol environmental domain p005 total time consumed getting hd effect social relation qol p005 according linear regression model marital status positive predictor unemployment negative predictor qol physical health domain age negative predictor qol psychological domain monthly income positive predictor qol domain unemployment positive predictor qol social relation domain monthly income place residence positive predictor qol environment domaingender age marital status unemployment residence rural area economical status distance covered reach hospital mode transport total time consumed getting hd effect qol hd patient education level positive factor improving qol hd patients