Introduction& Objective : Disease special chronic disease changes the way a patient lives . By identifying the effective factors on patients’ QOL, we can offer effective services & increase level of health Quality of Life. This study was carried out in order to determine the effective factors on patients’ QOL who undergoing hemodialysis treatment in Maragheh Sina hospital .
Materials & Methods: The subjects of this study included all the 73 hemodialysis patients who were admitted to Sina hospital in Maragheh in 2006 . A questionnaire including demographic information & aspects of QOL such as physical, mental, social , economical & family was used . It was validated by content validity & reliability of the instrument was obtained by re-test . Findings of study showed that the average ages of hemodialysis patients were 51.14. . 63% were male & 37% were female .
Results: Totale scores of for 80/8% of patients have medium score & 19/2% of them have weak score in physical condition 57/5% of patient , in emotional condition 2/6 % , in socioeconomical condition (86/3 %) have poor condition but in family condition most of them (67/1%) have good condition . There was a significant between QOL & physical condition (correlation=0/683, p=0/000 ) ,QOL & emotional condition (correlation=0.615 , p= 0.000) ,QOL & socioeconomical condition ( correlation= 0.647 , p=0.000) & QOL & family condition (correlation=0.699, p=0.000). There wasn ’t a significant between QOL & sex.
Conclusion: Most of patients had medium QOL & there is a significant between QOL & difference aspects of QOL . By identifying the effective factors on patients’ QOL we can enhance the patients’ QOL.
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