PATIENTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS WITH THE NURSING DIAGNOSIS OF FLUID VOLUME EXCESS: SOCIOECONOMIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS

Authors

  • Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Priscila Kaline de Andrade Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Anna Lívia de Medeiros Dantas Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Maria Graças Mariano Nunes de Paiva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Marilia Gabriela de Azevedo Araújo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i1.37627

Keywords:

Socioeconomic factors, Renal dialysis, Body fluids, Nursing diagnosis.

Abstract

This study aimed to describe socioeconomic and
clinical aspects of chronic kidney patients receiving hemodialysis,
with the nursing diagnosis of Fluid Volume Excess. It is a transversal
study, undertaken in a teaching hospital and hemodialysis clinic
in the Northeast of Brazil, with a sample of 100 patients. Data
collection was undertaken using a questionnaire which covered
clinical and social economic data, between December 2012 and
April 2013. The majority of patients with a diagnosis were female, of
mixed African and European descent, retired, with a companion,
claimed to follow a religion, had a mean age of 50.4 years old, had
studied for a mean of 6.5 years, and had a mean income of two
minimum salaries. Furthermore, they had hypertension, azotemia
and hyperkalemia, had had kidney disease for a median of 37
months and had been receiving hemodialysis for a median of
33.5 months. They were receiving drug treatment with sevelamer
hydrochloride, folic acid, recombinant human erythropoietin
and antihypertensive medications. Identifying socioeconomic
and clinical aspects contributed to the nursing team’s knowledge
of the context in which the chronic kidney patients are inserted.

Author Biographies

Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira, Mestre em enfermagem, Doutoranda em enfermagemdo programa de pós-graduação em enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Priscila Kaline de Andrade Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Discente do 9º semestre do curso de graduação em enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Anna Lívia de Medeiros Dantas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira. Mestre em enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Maria Graças Mariano Nunes de Paiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira. Mestranda do programa de pós-graduação em enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Membro do grupo de pesquisa Práticas assistênciais e epidemiológicas em saúde e enfermagem - PAESE.

Marilia Gabriela de Azevedo Araújo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Enfermeira. Doutora, Professora adjunta II do departamento de enfermagem, Coordenadora do programa de pós-graduação em enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.

Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Dias Fernandes, M. I. da C., de Andrade Silva, P. K., de Medeiros Dantas, A. L., Mariano Nunes de Paiva, M. G., de Azevedo Araújo, M. G., & Brandão de Carvalho Lira, A. L. (2015). PATIENTS RECEIVING HEMODIALYSIS WITH THE NURSING DIAGNOSIS OF FLUID VOLUME EXCESS: SOCIOECONOMIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i1.37627

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE