ABSTRACT

Introduction: The increasing number of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) has caused a substantial rise in the number of individuals receiving hemodialysis’s, for most patients, is the result of kidney function deterioration over a period of time that is secondary to another chronic medical condition, such as diabetes or hypertension. Treatments that are currently available for ESRD include renal transplantation and a number of forms of renal dialysis.

Objectives: To assess the quality of life among the patient undergoing hemodialysis.

 Methodology: Quantitative approach and descriptive research design adopted for this study. Total 50 patients (30 male and 20 female) selected for this study by purposive sampling technique.

Results: This study found that most of the patient had poor quality of life due to the disease condition and hemodialysis.

Conclusion: Chronic Kidney disease as increasing and patients opted for dialysis have idea to live, hence health professionals need to aware various factors influencing quality of life of those patients so that quality of life of these patients can be taken care to improve.

Keywords: Quality of life, hemodialysis patients