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Perceived stress in relation to quality of life and resilience in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis

Carlos Saus-ortegaEladio Collado-boiraKavita Gandhi-morarMaría Del Rosario Gómez-romeroJesús Castro-calvoEva María Sosa-palancaRafael Ballester-arnalVicente Gea-caballeroRaimunda Montejano-lozoyaPedro García-martínezRaúl Juárez-vela

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Gerontology050103 clinical psychologyHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesismedicine.medical_treatmentmedia_common.quotation_subjectperceived stressPsychological interventionlcsh:MedicineArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)Renal DialysisStress (linguistics)medicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciences030212 general & internal medicineRenal replacement therapyRenal Insufficiency Chronicresiliencemedia_commonbusiness.industrylcsh:R05 social sciencesPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthRegression analysisResilience Psychologicalmedicine.diseaseCross-Sectional Studiesquality of lifeSpainHemodialysisPsychological resiliencebusinessStress Psychologicalchronic kidney diseaseKidney disease

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Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease undergo various stages of therapeutic adaptation which involve lifestyle modifications, physical changes, and adjustment to renal replacement therapy. This process produces adaptive stress. Objective: To identify how resilience, health- related quality of life, and sociodemographic, clinical, and hemodialysis routine-related variables are related to perceived stress in patients with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis for more than six months. Methods: This was a multicenter and cross-sectional study involving 144 patients from the Valencian Community (Spain). The assessment scales used for the study were the Perceived Stress Scale 10, the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36, and the Connors&ndash

10.3390/ijerph18020536