ASSESSMENT OF FATIGUE IN DIALYSIS [PERITONEAL AND HEMODIALYSIS] AND NON- DIALYSIS PATIENTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Background: Fatigue is a common symptom in patients with advanced kidney disease, with implications for quality of life and clinical outcome. Fatigue is one of the most frequent complaints of dialysis patients and is associated with impaired health related quality of life (HRQOL). Aim: To monitor and measure the severity of fatigue in dialysis and non-dialysis patients of chronic kidney disease. Methodology: This prospective study was performed in the Department of Nephrology in SVIMS, Tirupati, over a period of 6 months. In this study, Fatigue Severity Scale was used with help of questionnaire form. Results: A total of 30 patients were recruited in this study based on their type of dialysis and we categorized subjects based on Gender, Age, Occupation, CKD Stage, dialysis per week, family history, complications and duration of CKD. We found that average fatigue score in Non-Dialysis subjects is 4.80±1.989, Hemodialysis subjects is 4.20±1.033, Peritoneal dialysis is 2.80±1.476. Conclusion: Our study concludes that patient having comorbidity condition like only Hypertension and Hypertension with Diabetes mellitus were mostly prone to fatigue. Our study also concludes that the patients receiving medication therapy i.e. Non-dialysis patients are more prone to fatigue than patients receiving Peritoneal and Hemodialysis.