Quality of life of elderly submitted hemodialysis: a systematic review
This study aims to understand the current landscape of national literature on quality of life (QOL) of elderly undergoing hemodialysis and the possible effects of treatment, through a systematic review of studies conducted in the last decade. A search was made in the indexing databases of the Virtua...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Kairós (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21914 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/21914 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hemodialysis Elderly Quality of life. Hemodiálise Idoso Qualidade de vida. |
| Sumario: | This study aims to understand the current landscape of national literature on quality of life (QOL) of elderly undergoing hemodialysis and the possible effects of treatment, through a systematic review of studies conducted in the last decade. A search was made in the indexing databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the period 2003-2013. It was concluded that there are numerous factors that cause low QOL for the elderly undergoing HD, including physical, psychological and sociocultural, with variations according to the analyzed field. |
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