%0 Journal Article %T Estudo das dimens£¿es da qualidade de vida nos pacientes hemodialisados %A Nunes %A Claudia %A Lobo %A Alexandrina %J Revista de Enfermagem Refer¨ºncia %D 2012 %I Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra %X hemodialysis is responsible for major changes in the quality of life (qol) of clients with chronic renal failure. the aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life and factors associated with it. methodology: this was a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational, using the kidney disease questionnaire and quality of life-short form (sf-kdqol) with 52 randomly selected respondents. our results indicate that clients who have performed dialysis for between 1 and 5 years have a lower quality of life compared to those who have been treated for less than one year or more than 5. men show a better perception of the quality of life, particularly on the emotional measure of the sf-36 and the effects of disease on daily life of the esrd (end-stage renal disease). the dimensions most affected are general health (sf-36) and the burden of esrd. we conclude that quality of life, as an indicator of the clients¡¯ dynamism and adaptability to chronic disease, encourages the development of courses of action that allow the improvement of care for these service users. %K quality of life %K hemodialysis %K chronic. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-02832012000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en