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Assessment of Quality of Life and Fatigue among Haemodialysis Patients

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Abstract

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of haemodialysis patients and is associated with poor quality of life. Purpose: To investigate the levels of fatigue and its correlation with quality of life of haemodialysis patients. Results: Of the 134 haemodialysis patients, the majority of patients (52,9%) seemed to have low rates of fatigue (10

DOI 10.11648/j.ajns.s.2015040201.22
Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2015)

This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health Care: Aspects, Challenges and Perspectives

Page(s) 66-73
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Keywords

Fatigue, Quality of Life, Chronic Kidney Disease, Haemodialysis, End Stage Renal Disease

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  • Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece

  • Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece

  • State Mental Hospital of Attica “Daphne”, Athens, Greece

  • Dr of Social Psychology, Educator of Nursing Department, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece

  • Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece

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