Psychological Stressors among Hemodialysis Patients in Selected County Dialysis Centre’s in Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Mugi, Elizabeth
Githemo, Grace
Wala, Jonathan
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Nursing & Primary Care
Abstract
disease, the modality is associated with multiple psychological stressors that confronts the hemodialysing patients
and subject them to mental disturbances and poor quality of life.
Study aim: The study aimed at describing the psychological stressors faced by the hemodialysis patients in the
new county dialysis centers in Kenya and to correlate the psychological stressors to the patients’ demographic
characteristics.
Methodology: This was a descriptive correlation study among hemodialysis patients in four selected county
dialysis centers in Kenya. Sample size was determined through a census method. Data was collected by means
of a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version
25.0.Findings were presented using graphs and frequency tables while Chi-square was used to test for the
association between study variables.
Results: Despite opening new county dialysis centers, majority of the respondents identified inadequate number
of hemodialysis machines as the major psychological stressor (M=2.9, SD ± 0.8) uncertainty in life (M=2.74, SD
± 0.6) and lack of hemodialysis commodities (M=2.69, SD=0.7) as the leading psychological challenges faced
by the patients who are dialyzing in the newly opened county dialysis centres in Kenya. There was a statistically
significant association (p=0.016) between waiting time for hemodialysis sessions and gender and also a significant
association (p=0.04) between marital status and dependency on others to bring them for dialysis session.
Conclusion: Despite the Government initiative to increase the availability and accessibility of the hemodialysis
services to hemodialysis patients, inadequate hemodialysis machines, lack of hemodialysis commodities and
difficulties in raising the cost of treatment still remains the major psychological stressors among hemodialysis
patients. Therefore, opening of new dialysis centers should be accompanied with adequate resource allocation to
guarantee positive patient outcomes.
Description
A Research Article in the Nursing & Primary Care
Keywords
Hemodialysis, Psychological stressors.
Citation
Mugi, E., Githemo, G., & Wala, J. (2021). Psychological Stressors among Hemodialysis Patients in Selected County Dialysis Centre’s in Kenya. Nur Primary Care, 5(1), 1-6.