Sociodemographic and clinical aspects related to the quality of life of hemodialysis patients

Abstract

Objective: To identify sociodemographic and clinical aspects associated with the quality of life of patients on hemodialysis. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 200 individuals during the first semester of 2015. We used a structured anamnesis and physical examination to obtain the variables of interest, as well as the SF-36 instrument to evaluate the domains of quality of life. Fisher's exact Chi-square and Mann-Whithey U tests were used to analyze the statistical association between variables, considering p.