SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF OLDER ADULTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS

Authors

  • Ana Elza Oliveira de Mendonça UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
  • Jessicleide da Guia Dantas Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX
  • Débora Azevedo de Andrade Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX
  • Camila Tedeschi Segato Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX
  • Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i1.37080

Keywords:

Chronic renal failure, Renal dialysis, Nursing.

Abstract

This descriptive, transversal research aimed
to characterize the elderly patients receiving hemodialysis
therapy, in relation to socio-demographic and clinical
aspects, in two nephrology centers in the city of Natal in
the Northeast of Brazil, in January – March 2014. A total
of 81 patients aged 60 years old or over par ticipated in the
study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee.
Through a structured questionnaire, it was identified
that the patients’ mean age was 70.2 years old (± 7.4),
60.5% were married and 81.5% had either completed
or not junior high school. The mean time in dialysis was
3.5 years (± 2.2), 48.1% were hypertensives, 11.1% were
diabetics, and 34.6% presented association of the two
clinical comorbidities. The development of chronic kidney
disease and dependence on hemodialysis treatment in
elderly patients represent challenges to health managers,
professionals and family members.

Author Biographies

Ana Elza Oliveira de Mendonça, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

Enfermeira. Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (CCS/UFRN). Professora Mestre do Curso de Enfermagem da UFRN e do Centro Universitário FACEX/UNIFACEX. Natal-RN. Brasil.

Jessicleide da Guia Dantas, Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX

Estudante do curso de Graduação em Enfermagem do Centro Universitário FACEX. Bolsista de pesquisa PROIC/UNIFACEX. Natal-RN.

Débora Azevedo de Andrade, Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX

Estudante do curso de Graduação em Enfermagem do Centro Universitário FACEX. Bolsista de pesquisa PROIC/UNIFACEX. Natal-RN.

Camila Tedeschi Segato, Centro Universitário FACEX – CPE/UNIFACEX

Estudante do curso de Graduação em Enfermagem do Centro Universitário FACEX. Bolsista de pesquisa PROIC/UNIFACEX. Natal-RN.

Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

Enfermeiro. Pós-Doutor em Enfermagem. Professor Titular do Departamento de Enfermagem e dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e do Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Pesquisador CNPq PQ2. Natal/RN, Brasil.

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Mendonça, A. E. O. de, Dantas, J. da G., de Andrade, D. A., Segato, C. T., & Torres, G. de V. (2015). SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL PROFILE OF OLDER ADULTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i1.37080

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2015)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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