Effects of Nocturnal Home Hemodialysis on Quality of Life : A Literature Review
Tahir, Muhammad Rizwan; Sala Mendoza, Santiago; Viitanen, Thomas (2016)
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2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018111917426
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018111917426
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Approximately, 2 million people suffer from end-stage renal disease worldwide. People suffering from this disease are subjected to compromised physical health and poorer qual-ity of life. Certainly, the death rate is higher when compared with general population. Many types of dialysis regimen are available globally in order to improve the everyday life of these patients. One such treatment modality is nocturnal home hemodialysis. It is car-ried out during the night when patients are sleeping in their homes. Currently, only a small portion of patients undergoing hemodialysis are using this modality internationally.
The authors aim is to obtain answers on how nocturnal home hemodialysis effects end-stage renal disease patient’s quality of life through existing literature. The purpose is to un-derstand the impact of nocturnal home hemodialysis on end-stage renal disease patients’ quality of life by reviewing the existing literature.
The research was implemented using literature review. Data was retrieved from three da-tabases (CINAHL, Academic Elite Search and Pubmed) and through manual search via ref-erences from related literature reviews. The time frame was set from 2005 to September 2016. In total 13 articles were chosen. Data was analyzed using inductive content analysis.
Results were inconclusive. While some studies observed some improvements other studies did not. Previous researches did not support the idea that quality of life improves with noc-turnal home hemodialysis, however, some secondary and kidney specific domains such as physical health might have been improved with this method.
To date, only two larger randomized controlled trials have approached this topic. Difficul-ties in getting big samples in order to provide reliable data has been a major challenge. In order to have more solid data on this topic future research is needed.
The authors aim is to obtain answers on how nocturnal home hemodialysis effects end-stage renal disease patient’s quality of life through existing literature. The purpose is to un-derstand the impact of nocturnal home hemodialysis on end-stage renal disease patients’ quality of life by reviewing the existing literature.
The research was implemented using literature review. Data was retrieved from three da-tabases (CINAHL, Academic Elite Search and Pubmed) and through manual search via ref-erences from related literature reviews. The time frame was set from 2005 to September 2016. In total 13 articles were chosen. Data was analyzed using inductive content analysis.
Results were inconclusive. While some studies observed some improvements other studies did not. Previous researches did not support the idea that quality of life improves with noc-turnal home hemodialysis, however, some secondary and kidney specific domains such as physical health might have been improved with this method.
To date, only two larger randomized controlled trials have approached this topic. Difficul-ties in getting big samples in order to provide reliable data has been a major challenge. In order to have more solid data on this topic future research is needed.