Volume 20, Issue 3
Resilience and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – CKD
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship of the resilience, illness perception, beliefs and spiritual-religious coping on health-related quality of life in 40 patients with chronic kidney disease diagnosis from the city of Medellín, Colombia. Instruments: resilience scale RS, the Connor- Davidson resilience Scale CD-RISC2, the brief illness perception questionnaire IPQ-B, systems of beliefs inventory SBI-15R, spiritual coping scale SCS, medical outcomes study short form 36 ítems MOS SF-36. Multiple linear regression analysis showed significant weight of the personal competence (RS) on mental index of the quality of life and of the consequences of illness perception (IPQ-B) on physical index of the quality of life. In conclusion, quality of life to level the physical health is altered by the physical, social, economic and emotional consequences generated by the disease, while resilience plays an important role as protective variable in the mental health of patients with chronic kidney disease.
Keywords
resilience, illness perception, beliefs and spiritual-religious coping, health-related life-quality, chronic kidney disease