Quality of life of terminal chronic renal patients using substuctive kidney therapy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to identify factors related to renal replacement therapies that interfere in the quality of life of end-stage renal disease patients. METHODOLOGY: this is an integrative review using the descriptors “Chronic renal failure”, “Kidney transplantation”, “Renal dialysis”, “Quality of life” and “Patient readmission”, applied and combined in different ways in the Virtual Library (BVS) and CAPES journals. RESULTS: 96 publications were found and 16 were selected, between 2015 and 2019, according to the established criteria. According to the predominance of the subject addressed, thematic categories were named: Feelings experienced according to the choice of renal replacement therapy; Expectations related to transplantation; Kidney transplantation and graft function; Factors that interfere with quality of life during renal replacement therapy. Feelings, expectations, facilities and difficulties were identified after kidney transplantation for graft functioning, in addition to physical, psychological and care factors related to renal replacement therapy and how these interfere in the quality of life of people with end-stage renal disease. CONCLUSION: Physical and psychological impacts, in addition to the quality of care in renal replacement therapy, interfere with the quality of life of people with end-stage chronic kidney disease.