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Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients

Gender and sex differences affect women with kidney failure (KF) negatively at all stages of the disease. This study assessed gender differences in self-care, hemodialysis symptoms, and quality of life in a sample of 102 adult KF patients treated with hemodialysis, from two clinical centers in Mexic...

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Autores principales: Lerma, Claudia, Lima-Zapata, Larissa I., Amaya-Aguilar, Jorge A., Leonardo-Cruz, Itzel, Lazo-Sánchez, Monica, Bermúdez, Luis A., Pérez-Grovas, Héctor, Lerma, Abel, Cadena-Estrada, Julio César
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413022
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author Lerma, Claudia
Lima-Zapata, Larissa I.
Amaya-Aguilar, Jorge A.
Leonardo-Cruz, Itzel
Lazo-Sánchez, Monica
Bermúdez, Luis A.
Pérez-Grovas, Héctor
Lerma, Abel
Cadena-Estrada, Julio César
author_facet Lerma, Claudia
Lima-Zapata, Larissa I.
Amaya-Aguilar, Jorge A.
Leonardo-Cruz, Itzel
Lazo-Sánchez, Monica
Bermúdez, Luis A.
Pérez-Grovas, Héctor
Lerma, Abel
Cadena-Estrada, Julio César
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description Gender and sex differences affect women with kidney failure (KF) negatively at all stages of the disease. This study assessed gender differences in self-care, hemodialysis symptoms, and quality of life in a sample of 102 adult KF patients treated with hemodialysis, from two clinical centers in Mexico. Self-care agency, quality of life, and the symptoms related to hemodialysis were evaluated through questionnaires, and sociodemographic and laboratory variables were obtained from the clinical records. Compared to male patients, female patients reported similar self-care, lower quality of life subscales (symptoms, physical functioning, pain, and overall health), and higher prevalence and intensity of hemodialysis symptoms. There were gender differences regarding the correlation between self-care and quality of life, symptoms intensity, and symptoms prevalence. In conclusion, women with KF treated with hemodialysis perceived a higher impact of hemodialysis and reported a lower quality of life than men. Despite having a similar self-care agency, the self-care correlations with quality of life and hemodialysis symptoms appeared different between men and women treated with chronic hemodialysis. Such differences may be important in future nursing interventions to improve self-care and quality of life among KF patients.
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spelling pubmed-87019182021-12-24 Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients Lerma, Claudia Lima-Zapata, Larissa I. Amaya-Aguilar, Jorge A. Leonardo-Cruz, Itzel Lazo-Sánchez, Monica Bermúdez, Luis A. Pérez-Grovas, Héctor Lerma, Abel Cadena-Estrada, Julio César Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Gender and sex differences affect women with kidney failure (KF) negatively at all stages of the disease. This study assessed gender differences in self-care, hemodialysis symptoms, and quality of life in a sample of 102 adult KF patients treated with hemodialysis, from two clinical centers in Mexico. Self-care agency, quality of life, and the symptoms related to hemodialysis were evaluated through questionnaires, and sociodemographic and laboratory variables were obtained from the clinical records. Compared to male patients, female patients reported similar self-care, lower quality of life subscales (symptoms, physical functioning, pain, and overall health), and higher prevalence and intensity of hemodialysis symptoms. There were gender differences regarding the correlation between self-care and quality of life, symptoms intensity, and symptoms prevalence. In conclusion, women with KF treated with hemodialysis perceived a higher impact of hemodialysis and reported a lower quality of life than men. Despite having a similar self-care agency, the self-care correlations with quality of life and hemodialysis symptoms appeared different between men and women treated with chronic hemodialysis. Such differences may be important in future nursing interventions to improve self-care and quality of life among KF patients. MDPI 2021-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8701918/ /pubmed/34948632 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413022 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lima-Zapata, Larissa I.
Amaya-Aguilar, Jorge A.
Leonardo-Cruz, Itzel
Lazo-Sánchez, Monica
Bermúdez, Luis A.
Pérez-Grovas, Héctor
Lerma, Abel
Cadena-Estrada, Julio César
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title Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
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title_fullStr Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
title_full_unstemmed Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
title_short Gender-Specific Differences in Self-Care, Treatment-Related Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients
title_sort gender-specific differences in self-care, treatment-related symptoms, and quality of life in hemodialysis patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701918/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413022
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