LIVING QUALITY BASED ON THE PERIOD OF HAEMODYALISIS
ABSTRACT: Chronic renal
failure becomes a big problem in the world since it is difficult to cure, and
it needs expensive and long period of treatment. Haemodialysis is one therapy
to overcome deteriorated function of kidney. Haemodialysis therapy will change
the rhythm of people’s life both for the patients and for the family since it
should be done all along the patient’s life. General objective of the study was
to investigate the correlation between living quality and period of
haemodialysis treatment. The result of the study is expected to give image of
patient’s living quality, so it can help them to determine the most proper
intervention. The study applied correlative description. Sample collecting
technique used accidental sampling during 1 week. The main instruments were
questionnaire of living quality and medical report. Statistical analysis used
Kendall tau correlational test. The result of the study obtained 68.3%
respondents in long period of haemodialysis (>24 months), and 75%
respondents were in moderate living quality. Correlative coefficient 0.042
means that one way correlation was very low. P value = 0.739 (p<0.05)
showing that there was no correlation between living quality and period of
haemodialysis therapy. The suggestion is that nurses are expected to do
interdisciplinary intervention which covers medical strategy, diet, and psychosocial
which treat correlated factors such as physical and mental complain that is
experienced by patients with haemodialysis.
KEYWORDS: Chronic renal
failure; Living quality; Haemodialysis
Penulis: Sufiana, Diyah Candra
Anita
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd170432
