Impacto da autopercepção de saúde bucal e do apoio social na qualidade de vida de pacientes em hemodiálise

Abstract

Introduction. With population aging, Chronic Renal Disease has become a major public health problem worldwide. Objective. To evaluate the impact of self-perception of oral health and social support on the quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Methodology. Cross-sectional quantitative analytical study performed in hospitals of Campina Grande PB between 2018/2019. The following were used as instruments for the survey: the clinical file, the Oral Health Impact Profile in its reduced version (OHIP-14), the Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the Medical Outcomes Study social support questionnaire. The IBM SPSS Statistics software (version 20.0) was used, performing the K-means Cluster analysis of patients with different levels of social support. Results. Male (n = 129; 54.4%), age up to 57 years (n = 122; 51.7%), with partner (n = 117; 49.6%), < or = 8 years of study (n = 130; 55.1%), non-white (n = 168; 71.2%), family income from 1 to 3 minimum wages (n = 148; 64.6%) and resident in adjacent cities (n = 163; 68.8%). Self perception of good, very good or excellent oral health (n = 149; 62.9%). There was a statistically significant association between social support and marital status (p = 0.019) and between low social support and patients living with high family dysfunction (p < 0.001).