Calidad de vida de pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica en hemodiálisis en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This research revolves around revealing the perception of kidney patients about their quality of life of patients with kidney failure, who receive hemodialysis treatment. Bearing in mind that CRF chronic renal failure is a degenerative and incurable disease that negatively impacts the development of the life of the diagnosed person and that of his family as his first environment of development. Social Work has an important role in these scenarios, understanding that the negative impacts generated by the decrease in disease also affect the well-being and quality of life of people and their families, so it is necessary to identify problems that are needs dissatisfied and most affected dimensions of these groups, taking into account the experiences they have had since they were diagnosed. Therefore, a mixed study has been developed that allows obtaining a real and objective data of this reality, but that is complemented with the discourse of the experiences and feelings of the patients in hemodialysis treatment. This study is approached from an ecological perspective, considering that from this vision the problematic realities can be assumed in a more comprehensive way and recognize what is the position of people who suffer from kidney failure in relation to the dynamics and relationships with their social environments and how the perception about their quality of life and their well-being conditions are built from these.