Quality of Life among Patients with Hemodialysis

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the most common cause of end stage kidney failure worldwide in developing countries like Egypt, there is an increase in the incidence and prevalence of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) represents a great burden on health system. The prevalence of ESRD in Egypt raise from 225 per million populations (pmp) in 1996 to 483 pmp in 2004. Recently in Egypt, the estimated number of patients with ESRD almost doubled, from 18,000 in year 2000 to 33,693 in 2009 (Hassona, et al., 2012). Low prevalence in Egypt may be due to lack of registration and documentation programs for ESRD patients and also due to short life expectancy for these patients (El-Arbagy et al., 2015). When the kidney loses the majority of its function and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) become less than 15%; the patient is diagnosed as ESRD, once diagnosed with ESRD, patient needs to undergo renal replacement therapy (RRT) as a life - saving treatment (United states Renal Data System.,2014).