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Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure and Some Affecting Factors Mukadder MollaoğluGonca Deveci<p><strong>Purpose:</strong>This study was conducted to determine the quality of life (QoL) in dialysis patients (DP) andthe factors affecting the QoL.</p><p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> 104 DP patients receiving treatment at a university hospital were included in this research, which was also a cross-sectional study. Data were collected with the Patient Information Form (PIF) and Kidney Disease Quality of Life Form (KDQOL-36). Collected data were evaluated on SPSS. </p><p><strong>Result:</strong> The&nbsp; most&nbsp; affected&nbsp; QoL&nbsp; dimensions&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; sampling&nbsp; were&nbsp; disease&nbsp; burden&nbsp; based&nbsp; on&nbsp; kidney disease,&nbsp; physical&nbsp; health-12&nbsp; and&nbsp; mental&nbsp; health-12,&nbsp; respectively.&nbsp; The&nbsp; QoL&nbsp; was&nbsp; found&nbsp; low&nbsp; in&nbsp; higher&nbsp; ages, women,&nbsp; people&nbsp; with&nbsp; low&nbsp; education&nbsp; level,&nbsp; people&nbsp; living&nbsp; with&nbsp; family&nbsp; and&nbsp; patients&nbsp; undergoing&nbsp; dialysis&nbsp; for a&nbsp; long&nbsp; time&nbsp; (p&lt;&nbsp; 0.05),&nbsp; and&nbsp; mental&nbsp; health&nbsp; was&nbsp; low&nbsp; in&nbsp; single&nbsp; people.&nbsp; Moreover,&nbsp; mental&nbsp; health&nbsp; component scores&nbsp; were&nbsp; especially&nbsp; obtained&nbsp; low&nbsp; in&nbsp; people&nbsp; who&nbsp; didn’t&nbsp; adherence&nbsp; their&nbsp; diet.&nbsp; In&nbsp; our&nbsp; study,&nbsp; the&nbsp; effect on quality of life was not found statistically important in terms of having a comorbid disease and taking erythropoietin (p&gt; 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> CRF led to an advanced increase in the disease burden of the patients and influenced the areas of physical and mental health negatively. In order to enhance the QoL in patients with CRF, it is&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; to&nbsp; improve&nbsp; the&nbsp; affected&nbsp; areas&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; multidisciplinary&nbsp; approach&nbsp; and&nbsp; to&nbsp; handle&nbsp; the&nbsp; actors which influence the QoL with the understanding of effective and holistic health services in line with the individualized need for patient care.</p> Archives of Renal Diseases and Management - Peertechz Publications 2017-05-29 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5495.000020 en Copyright © Mukadder Mollaoğlu et al.