Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic in Gatoel Hospital, Mojokerto City

• Main Authors: Darsini, -, Hari Basuki Notobroto, -, Raden Khairiyatul Afiyah, -, Eko Agus Cahyono, -, Hani Puspita Aryani, -, Firman Suryadi Rahman, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/124956/1/C97_Artikel.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124956/2/C97_Turnitin.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124956/3/C97_Validasi.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124956/; https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/index; https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.7583
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

AIM: The purpose of this study was to analyze the quality of life of hemodialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This study used a descriptive design. The sample in this study was hemodialysis patients at the Gatoel Hospital, Mojokerto City, as many as 122 respondents who were determined using simple random sampling technique. The sample criteria in this study were hemodialysis patients at Gatoel Hospital, Mojokerto City, undergoing hemodialysis therapy <2 years, and willing to participate in research activities. The research instrument used was adopted from the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. RESULTS: From the results of the study, it was found that more than half of the respondents had poor physical health dimensions as many as 62 respondents (50.8%), more than half of respondents had poor mental health dimensions as many as 68 respondents (55.7%), more than half of respondents had social health dimensions. Bad as many as 62 respondents (50.8%) and most respondents have poor functional health dimensions as many as 74 respondents (60.7%). CONCLUSION: It was found that more than half of the respondents in this study had poor quality of life. More than half of the respondents had physical health dimensions in the poor category, more than half of the respondents had mental health dimensions in the bad category, more than half of the respondents had social health dimensions in the bad category and most of the respondents had functional health dimensions in the bad.