Abstract
There are many problems related to physical and psychological status, socioeconomic conditions and sexual function in hemodialysis patients. The self-management of a married man undergoing chronic hemodialysis is recognized of be partially dependent on his wife.
We made a study of these problems in 16 married men receiving hemodialysis. In this study, we used a married life score and a hemodialysis score. The married life score is composed of socioeconomic, cooperative and sexual factors, and the hemodialysis score includes weight gain, blood pressure, serum total protein, Ht, BUN, serum sodium, serum potassium and CTR.
The hemodialysis score was well correlated with the married life score, including socioeconomic and cooperative factors, but not the sexual factor.
From these results, we concluded that better cooperative and socioeconomic conditions in married life are essential factors contributive to a stable condition with long-term hemodialysis.
