Author(s): Fernandes,Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias ; Soares,Camila de Souza ; Tinôco,Jéssica Dantas de Sá ; Delgado,Millena Freire ; Paiva,Maria das Graças Mariano Nunes de ; Lopes,Marcos Venícios de Oliveira ; Lira,Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho
Date: 2017
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Nursing Diagnosis; Renal Dialysis; Body Fluids; Signs and Symptoms; Nursing
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyse the defining characteristics and related factors in the nursing diagnosis Excess fluid volume and its relationship to sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis patients. Method: Cross-sectional study, conducted using a form and physical examination, with a sample of 100 patients, between December 2012 and April 2013 at a university hospital and a dialysis clinic. Results: It was found 10 significant statistical associations between the defining characteristics/ related factors of Excess fluid volume and the sociodemographic and clinical variables. Conclusion: The defining characteristics and related factors of Excess fluid volume could be influenced by sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis clientele.
