Hubungan Karakteristik Individu dengan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Hemodialisis

Abstract

Hemodialysis is a therapeutic choice that is widely adopted by patients with chronic renal failure. Hemodialysis

is carried out for a long period of time and this has a bio, psycho, socio and spiritual impact which can ultimately

affect the quality of life of patients.This study aim to find out relationship between individual characteristic and

quality of life in hemodialysis patient in Jakarta. Methods: This was a cross sectional study of 148 hemodialysis

Indonesian patients, with an average age of 54.86 years and mean length of hemodialysis of 32.67 months.

Bivariate analysis using chi-square test and independent t-test. The Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form

36 was used to measure quality of life. Result: The results revealed a significant relationship between quality of

life and occupation (p = 0.014) and between quality of life and duration of hemodialysis (p = 0.032). There was

no significant relationship between age, education, gender, hemodialysis frequency, marital status, length of

hemodialysis with quality of life. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between occupation and

hemodialysis duration with quality of life.