Evaluation of the Quality of Life of Chronic Kidney Failure Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis at General Hospital in Jakarta

Abstract

Hemodialysis (HD) is an ongoing treatment given to chronic kidney disease patients as a substitute for kidney function so it is important to assess the quality of life among these patients. Quality of life (QoL) is one of the parameters to see the improvement of HD treatment in HD patients. To evaluate the QoL of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing HD at General Hospital in Jakarta using the Indonesian version of kidney disease QoL–short form 24 questionnaire. This type of research is descriptive analytics with a cross-sectional design. Consecutive sampling is used to select patients based on inclusion criteria. This study involved 116 patients who had inclusion criteria in the Hemodialysis Room of General Hospital in Jakarta. HD patients who have a poor QoL category 38 people (32.8%), enough category 73 people (62.9%), and good category 5 people (4.3%). Female patients are the most patients undergoing hemodialysis as much as, patients over the age of 45 years (60.3%), patients who work (87.9%), patients who have low levels of education (82.8%), patients who have undergone HD for less than 5 years (82.8%) and patients with hypertension (84.5%). HD patients who have a good QoL are patients over the age of 45 years (60%), patients of the female sex (80%), patients who work (100%), patients with higher education levels (60%), patients who have undergone HD < 5 years (60%) and patients with diabetes and hypertension (60%). There are six components have a mean and standard deviation (SD) lower than the standard form; cognitive function (19.22±18.88), quality of social interaction (17.24±10.33), sleep quality (39.05±9.21), emotional well-being (32.64±8.54), emotional role (28.73±35.13), and social functioning (48.92±7.65). HD patients at General Hospital in Jakarta have a sufficient quality of life category. The component scores of cognitive function, quality of social interaction, quality of sleep, emotional well-being, emotional role, and social functioning were lower than standard scores.