Elderly persons with chronic kidney failure: health status alterations

Authors

  • Luciana Kusumota Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Sueli Marques Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692004000300011

Keywords:

aged, history, chronic kidney failure, nursing

Abstract

This study aimed to describe health condition changes as experienced by elderly with Chronic Kidney Failure (CKF), under Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) treatment at the Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit of a public hospital in Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil. Participants were six elderly under CAPD treatment, aged 61 to 74 years. The theoretical and methodological framework was thematic oral history as proposed by Meihy. Data analysis led to the category of changes in elderly's health condition and disclosed the diagnosis of the disease, signs and symptoms of CKF, causes and irreversibility.

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Published

2004-06-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2004)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Elderly persons with chronic kidney failure: health status alterations. (2004). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 12(3), 525-532. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692004000300011