COMPARISON OF THE PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONG PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE ON DIFFERENT RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES

The present study intended to compare the psychosocial problems among patients with end stage renal disease(ESRD) on different renal replacement therapies(RRT). The objectives of the study were to identify the psychosocial problems among patients with ESRD on different RRT, compare the psychosocial problems among patients with ESRD on different RRT and nd out association of the psychosocial problems among patients with ESRD on different RRT with selected variables. A nonexperimental descriptive design was adopted. A total of 195 subjects were selected employing consecutive sampling, with 65 sample each from different RRT (hemodialysis(HD), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and renal transplantation). Data was collected using semi structured interview schedule to assess socio-demographic and clinical variables and rating scale to assess psychosocial problems. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that moderate psychosocial problems were observed in all three groups; hemodialysis (26.2%), CAPD (27.7%) and renal transplantation (21.5%). 1.5% of participants on hemodialysis and CAPD reported severe psychosocial problems. The mean score of psychosocial problems for the participants on hemodialysis, CAPD and renal transplantation were 61.3, 64.7 and 58.1 respectively. There is no statistically signicant difference in mean score of psychosocial problems between three groups as determined by one way ANOVA(F(2,193)= 2.9, p= 0.054) at the 0.05 level of signicance.. Statistically signicant association was found between psychosocial problems with age, domicile, education, occupation after RRT, marital status, dependency of children and duration on RRT.