Chronic renal insufficience: sociodemographic and health characterization of patients in hemodialytical treatment in the couty of Jequié/BA

Authors

  • Claudio Henrique Meira Mascarenhas Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Luciana Araújo dos Reis Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Joalise Eliote Lyra Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Adriana Vieira Peixoto Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Mayara dos Santos Teles Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22421/15177130-2010v12n1p30

Keywords:

Traffic Accidents, Accident Prevention, Epidemiology

Abstract

Chronic renal insufficience consists of the gradual and irreversible loss of the renal function and nowadays represents a great problem of public health. In this way, this study objectified to describe the sociodemographic and health conditions of carriers of chronic renal insufficience submitted to the hemodialic treatment in Jequie/BA city. It`s about a transverse study, with sample of 83 people in hemodialic treatment, being used as instrument of data collection a form with sociodemographic and health questions. The collected information was organized and processed in statistical program SPSS version 13.0, being carried through descriptive statistic analysis. From the evaluated people the age average was of 54.6 (+18.5) years, being more frequent the masculine sex (73.5%). The etiologies with more distribution of the renal insufficience had been policistic illness, glomerulusnefritis and mellitus diabetes. About treatment time, it was observed that the most of the people presented until one year of hemodialic treatment, being 59.0% of masculine sex and 59.1% of the feminine sex. The women presented more prevalence of tobaccoism (22.7%) than the men (21.3%); whereas the men presented more prevalence of alcoholism (16.4%) in relation to the women (13.6%). In this way, the present study reinforces the importance to extend works that aim to know the profile of the patients with renal insufficience in order to search the improvement of the quality of life of this population.

Author Biographies

Claudio Henrique Meira Mascarenhas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Luciana Araújo dos Reis, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Joalise Eliote Lyra, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Adriana Vieira Peixoto, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Mayara dos Santos Teles, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Published

2011-08-10

How to Cite

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Mascarenhas CHM, Reis LA dos, Lyra JE, Peixoto AV, Teles M dos S. Chronic renal insufficience: sociodemographic and health characterization of patients in hemodialytical treatment in the couty of Jequié/BA. Espac. Saude [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 10 [cited 2024 Nov. 17];12(1):30-7. Available from: https://espacoparasaude.fpp.edu.br/index.php/espacosaude/article/view/425

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