Valoración del estado nutricional y su relación con la calidad de vida en los pacientes de la Unidad de Hemodiálisis Esmedial S.A. 2017.

Abstract

The present study was developed with the purpose of analyzing the relationship between the nutritional status and quality of life of patients of the Hemodialysis Unit at Esmedial S.A. with the purpose of determining how the nutritional status of patients is affected in relation to the quality of life they present, therefore the SF-36 questionnaire was used to relate it to anthropometric and biochemical parameters. The present investigation was of a retrospective descriptive type, of a non-experimental design and according to its temporalization in a transversal way, 96 patients who received hemodialysis treatment were studied, the average age in the female population was 51,02 years and the one of male was 53,31. The anthropometric and biochemical data were obtained from taking measurements of the patients and reviewing the medical records of the Hemodialysis Unit. The female population that presented a nutritional status with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 25kg/m2 (Overweight) had a lower score on the mental component of the SF 36 questionnaire compared to those who presented a nutritional status with normal BMI, less than 24,9 kg/m2. There is a directly proportional relationship between the creatinine biochemical indicator with the physical component and the total score of the SF 36 questionnaire, this relationship being significant in the female population. No significant relationships were established in the male population. For the aforementioned and due to the chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly prevalent pathology that generates an important impact on morbidity and quality of life, it becomes an issue of extremely significance, the need to use tools that allow to have as objective the relationships of muscle mass and its impact on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients.