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Instituto duperior miguel troga11/30/2022 ![]() Medicare requires that dialysis units assess quality of life in all patients annually using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-item survey instrument (KDQOL-36). Colon-Emeric MD, MHSc, Durham VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, and Duke University Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics Hall MD, MBA, MHSc, Durham VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Division of Nephrology Alison Luciano, PhD, Carl Pieper DPH, Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development Cathleen S. Psychometric Evaluation of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-Item Survey Instrument (KDQOL-36): A Comparison Between Older and Younger Adults Receiving Dialysis This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Knowledge of sociographic profiles is a determinant of successful social work and social epidemiology in order to develop social and multidisciplinary intervention programs and social policies that promote individual and social well-being of chronic kidney disease patients. Other social indicators point to vulnerable situations: 8.6% were unemployed, 2.5% were living in a precarious housing situation 10.45% were displaced patients 11.37% lived alone 9.18% had single-parent families and 10.69% did not have any source of support. They were born in Portugal (89.56%), living in Lisbon (51.48%), living with nuclear families with children (46.47%) and had informal support networks (72.22%). The dominant sociographic profile indicates that participants were male (59%), over the age of 65 (52.54%, M = 67.6), married (58.70%), with a low educational level (1st to 4th grade: 53.18%), and retired (77.62%). The study outlines the sociographic profile of patients on hemodialysis treatment in Portugal through a descriptive study of 3114 chronic renal failure patients. Marta Freitas Olim, MSW, Social Work Department and Social Responsibility Office of Diaverum, Portugal Sónia Guadalupe, PhD, Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT), Centre for Health Studies and Research of the University of Coimbra, Portugal Francisca Mota, Paula Fragoso, Susana Ribeiro, BASW, Social Work Department of Diaverum, Portugal. Sociographic Profile of Hemodialysis Patients in Portugal ![]()
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