Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) requires patients and caregivers to invest in self-
care and self-management of their disease. We aimed to describe the work for adult patients …

Background Delayed creation of vascular access may be due in part to patient refusal and is
associated with adverse outcomes. Concerns about vascular access are prevailing …

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed
to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. It originated …

Araştırmanın amacı, duygu-durum ve anksiyete bozukluğu tanısı alan bireyleri, düzenli
hemodiyaliz tedavisi alan hastaları ve belirgin bir psikolojik ve fiziksel rahatsızlığı olmayan …

OBJECTIVE: No studies have evaluated the relationship among religious coping,
psychological distress and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with End stage …

Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD), the last stage of chronic kidney disease, is
the point at which the kidneys are no longer able to support the body's needs. Thus, ESRD …

Objective: The objective of this qualitative study was to describe how persons with end stage
renal disease (ESRD) experience and manage the quality of their daily lives. Design …

Rationale & Objective Fatigue is a highly prevalent and debilitating symptom in patients on
hemodialysis therapy due to the uremic milieu, the hemodialysis treatment itself, and other …

BACKGROUND: Longer travel time to the dialysis unit creates a substantial burden for many
patients. This study evaluated the effect of self-reported 1-way travel time to hemodialysis on …

Background Patients with end-stage kidney disease experience serious complications
which affect their lives. Few studies have investigated the patients' quality of life qualitatively …