Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Background: Hemodialysis is renal replacement therapy most preferred by patients with ESRD. In addition to the most preferred, hemodialysis is a therapy that most influences on quality of life. One thing that influences quality of life in hemodialysis patients is comorbidity. Diabetes mellitus is one comorbid with high prevalence in hemodialysis patients. Objectives: The objective of this research is to determine correlation between comorbidity of diabetes mellitus and quality of life in hemodialysis patients. Methods: Prospective cohort research with samples as many as 79 patients in Hemodialysis Unit of PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital from March to May 2016. Quality of life in hemodialysis patients were assessed using questionnaire of WHOQoL-BREF. Results: The results showed that the comorbid of diabetes mellitus influenced towards quality of life in hemodialysis patients, patients without comorbid of diabetes mellitus had good quality of life 4.2 times than patients with comorbid of diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: Comorbidity of diabetes mellitus influences quality of life in hemodialysis patients