Quality of life and hemodialysis

: The periodic study of Quality of Life ( QoL) in chronic uremic patients on hemodialysis, is a tool aimed to adapt the approach to the patient, according to the evolving needs. The study sample consisted of 35 subjects (M 65.7% and 34.2 % F), aged 18-84 years (57+16,3) and with an average dialytic age of 6.5 years (+5.3). The tool used was the Multidimensional Inventory for Patient on Hemodialysis (IPPE) which provides a survey for the patients consisting of 24 items to evaluate their degree of agreement/disagreement on a 4-point Lickert scale (false, partially false, partially true, true). The analysis showed that: with respect to the family relationships, criticality was 12.6 %, about the relationship with their body it was 15,8 %, regarding the need to drink it was 22.2%, about the daily life 20.6% and about the perception of their disease it was 7.9 %. Compared to the Index of Global Psychophysical Distress (IPPE), in the sample considered the 67,6% of the patients did not present any problem, the 32.3 % presented a quite critical discomfort and nobody presented any acute critical discomfort. Statistical analysis showed a significant inverse correlation between the IPPE and dialysis age (r = - 0.473, p = 0.005). Although this is a preliminary result of an in-depth understanding of the underlying processes, it may help to identify the factors that, over time, contribute to the patient adaptation to the dialysis treatment, in order to facilitate this process in people who start hemodialysis.