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Chronic kidney disease and the methods of its treatment play an important part in shaping the QoL of patients receiving dialysis. The research showed that patients receiving peritoneal dialysis assessed their QoL in its different dimensions as much higher than patients receiving hemodialysis.
The parameter having the biggest negative impact on the QoL of patients receiving hemodialysis was an impeded possibility to continue work or studies and a change of life plans. The will to live was more highly assessed by patients receiving peritoneal dialysis as compared to patients receiving hemodialysis.
In addition, patients treated with hemodialysis should receive psychological care, in particular those demonstrating emotional problems, in order to achieve better results in therapy and improve their QoL. Keywords: hemodialysis, negative symptoms, peritoneal dialysis, renal failure, renal replacement therapy, quality of life. This is the result of the aging of the population and the increase of civilization diseases such as diabetes, hypertension or obesity.
What is more, patients are dependent on the dialysis apparatus and the medical personnel. At the same time, the occurrence of the negative symptoms of dialysis therapy such as pain, sleep disorder, depression, the weakening of fluctuations in blood pressure, and stomach ache or limitations resulting from the illness, reduce the QoL and cause the illness to be perceived as burdensome.
