Abstract

KUPSKE, Juliedy et al. Health and physical fitness variables of patients in hemodialysis: longitudinal analysis. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2022, vol.23, n.3, pp.982-990.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/22psd230332.

The aim of this study was to analyze the health and physical fitness variables of patients with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) on hemodialysis (HD) after a period of one year. A descriptive and analytical study, with a cohort design, in which 54 patients with CKD who underwent HD participated in the Renal Clinic of Hospital São Vicente de Paulo de Cruz Alta / RS. The evaluation was carried out in 2018 and 2019, and the following instruments were used: Mini Mental State Examination, clinical record, sit and stand test, forearm flexion, dynamometry, flexitest, Lawton-Brody index, Barthel index, Edmonton questionnaire FrailScale, Beck's depression inventory. It was found that over the study period, some variables underwent changes, both negative and positive. Patients worsened their scores in the assessment of body mass index, moving from eutrophic to overweight, increased depressive symptoms and improved rates of cognitive function and frailty. The follow-up of these patients is essential to detect the implications of CRF and HD and to base strategies to improve health conditions, considering biopsychosocial aspects.

Keywords : Renal failure; Renal dialysis; Depression; Cognition; Frailty.

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