Life quality in elder people with chronic renal disease in the primary health care level

Authors

  • Julio Cesar Candelaria Brito Policlínico Docente 5 de Septiembre. La Habana.
  • Carlos Gutièrrez Gutiérrez Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas. La Habana.
  • Claudia Acosta Cruz Policlínico Docente 5 de Septiembre. La Habana.
  • Felix Raúl Ruiz Pérez Policlínico Turcios Lima. Mayabeque.
  • Oreste Labrador Mazon Policlínico Comunitario Patricio Sierra Alta. Mayabeque.
  • Wilfredis Guilarte Delfino Policlínico Comunitario Patricio Sierra Alta. Mayabeque.

Keywords:

health-related life quality, elder people, chronic renal disease.

Abstract

Introduction: most of the studies on health-related life quality have taken into account patients in therapies of renal replacement or transplantation. Objective: to appraise health-related life quality in elder people suffering chronic renal disease from the primary health care level.
Material and methods: an observational, descriptive study in the Popular Council Entronque de Pilotos, from May 2014 to May 2015, on the behavior of the life quality of elder people with stage 1, 2 and 3 chronic renal disease. The universe was the 109 disease-carrier patients; they applied the “MGH scale of life quality in elder people”. Descriptive statistic techniques were used and patients were asked their informed consent.  Results: at the beginning of the study, the elder people’ life quality perception was very low, having few patients with good life quality; that was favorably modified after a year follow-up.
Conclusions: it was achieved the favorable modification of the health-related life quality perception of elder patients with 1, 2, and 3 stage chronic renal disease, living in the Popular Council  Entronque de Pilotos, after a year of diagnosis and follow-up

 

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Published

2018-02-12

How to Cite

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Candelaria Brito JC, Gutièrrez Gutiérrez C, Acosta Cruz C, Ruiz Pérez FR, Labrador Mazon O, Guilarte Delfino W. Life quality in elder people with chronic renal disease in the primary health care level. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2018 Feb. 12 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];40(1):48-56. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/2341

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Research article

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