Chronic renal patients everyday on hemodialysis: expectations, modifications and social relations

Abstract

Objectives: to know the perception of chronic renal patients undergoing hemodialysis about the disease, list the expectations, changes and social relationships after the establishment of the diagnosis. Method: this is a qualitative descriptive research approach developed in a hemodialysis unit in the Northeast of Brazil with 39 patients affected by CKF. A semi-structured interview guide was used for data collection. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Research CAAE: 14153513.2.0000.5180, Case nº.147/431. Data were analyzed with conceptual basis of the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD). Results: the categories that emerged from the discourse of respondents were: Rim paralyzed; Lack of knowledge; limitations; optimism; hopelessness; support; Prejudice and isolation. Conclusion: the daily life of hemodialysis patients requires changing eating habits, water restrictions, travel is not possible because the frequency of sessions, work deprivation and activities of daily living due to the weakness imposed by the treatment.