Conocimientos y actitudes sobre hemodiálisis de los pacientes dializados en el Hospital "Homero Castanier Crespo". Azogues 2018

Abstract

Currently there are many chronic degenerative diseases such as chronic kidney failure (IRC), the World Health Organization (OMS) recognized it as a global pandemic, because in recent years it has been increasing. Hemodialysis is a substitute treatment of renal function; it represents the final stage of kidney disease. It is important to determine the knowledge and attitudes of patients undergoing this treatment because in most cases, they determine the patient's adherence to it and its clinical stability. Objective: To identify knowledge and attitudes about the hemodialysis procedure of hemodialysis patients of the Hospital Homero Castanier Crespo, Azogues 2018. Methods and materials: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study, in which 45 patients hemodialysis area of the Hospital Homero Castanier Crespo of the city of Azogues, to which a previously validated questionnaire was applied in order to To identify the knowledge and attitudes regarding the hemodialysis procedure that the patients who attend this House of Health have, the statistical program Statistitical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v.23.0 for Windows was used to process the information. Use of results: the results obtained from this research allowed to identify the knowledge and attitudes that are present in patients who come to the hemodialysis unit of the hospital "Homero Castanier Crespo" of the city of Azogues, will be part of important data base for future research.