Fatigue and Edema among Hemodialysis Patients In Universitas Hasanuddin hospital and RSUP Dr. Tadjuddin Chalid

Kidney failure is a disorder of kidney excretion that decreases kidney function due to the inability of the kidneys to transport the body's metabolic waste. One of the kidney damages that we often encounter is chronic kidney failure. The main therapy for treating kidney failure patients is hemodialysis. One of the impacts that hemodialysis patients often feel is fatigue and visible signs when patients experience fatigue are peripheral edema. The purpose of this study is to describe the fatigue and edema complaints in chronic kidney failure patients who undergoing hemodialysis therapy at Hasanuddin University Hospital and Dr. Tadjuddin Chalid Hospital Makassar. This study employs quantitative research using descriptive-analytical methods with a cross-sectional approach. This study used the FACIT Fatigue Scale questionnaire instrument (Version 4) and conducted pitting edema. The number of samples in this study was 108, taken using the purposive sampling technique. The results of this study showed that respondents in chronic kidney failure patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy were found to have severe fatigue complaints of 74.2% and experienced grade 1 peripheral edema of 22.2%. The study gathered various characteristics of respondents undergoing hemodialysis treatment. The results of the study also showed that patients had severe fatigue complaints, and experienced peripheral edema most in grade I