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Volume 17, Issue 3 (2025)
Iran J War Public Health 2025, 17(3): 1001-1006 |
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Received: 2025/07/1 | Accepted: 2025/07/23
Received: 2025/07/1 | Accepted: 2025/07/23
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Qaed A, Atiyah H. Assessing Comfort Level in Hemodialysis Patients and Their Relationship to Symptom Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study. Iran J War Public Health 2025; 17 (3) :1001-1006
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Background: Patients with renal failure face challenges that severely hinder their independence and limit various aspects of their daily lives. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the comfort level of hemodialysis patients and their relationship to burdened symptoms.
Method: A descriptive cross-sectional design purposive sampling method selected 257 dialysis patients from 6 hemodialysis centers. Chronic Kidney Disease Symptom Burden Index (CKD-SBI) and Hemodialysis Comfort Questionnaire were used to collect data during the period spanning from October 28, 2024 and ended on June 7, 2025.
Results: Patients' mean age was 38.67 years, and the majority of them were male and married. Most of their Education levels ranged from illiteracy to university education, and more than half (55.6%) suffered from chronic diseases. The results show that all patients (100%) had a moderate comfort level, and most (75.1%) had moderate burden symptoms. There is a significant relationship (negative relationship) between Symptom burden and comfort level among the patients, as seen with a significant negative correlation at p-value= 0.01.
Conclusions: It was found that most dialysis patients reported an average level of comfort. Therefore, we found a significant and negative relationship between the symptoms of burden and the level of comfort in dialysis patients. These results indicate that to increase comfort levels, we must reduce the existing burden symptoms identified in this study and thus improve their quality of life.
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