Resilience and work and social adjustment in patients of end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis

Abstract

Introduction: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a typical chronic, irreversible, and life-threatening illness. Hemodialysis is one of the most common treatments for renal patients. People who face chronic renal illness suffer a devastating impact on the social and psychological state. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the levels of resilience and work and social adjustment in these patients. Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study on 60 ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Patients were selected using the purposive sampling method. The data gathering tools in this study included demographic information form, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and the work and social adjustment scale. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) as well as Chi-square test in SPSS version 20. Results: In 60 patients, 90% had low resilience. The significant difference was found between the resilience scores and gender, marital status, and income. In 60 patients, all 100% had their work and social adjustment significantly impaired. Conclusion: People with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis were significantly found to have low resilience. Many who had low resilience were males, in the age group of 40–60 years and the majority had co-morbidities and all the patients had significantly impaired work and social adjustment.