THE LIFE EXPERIENCE OF PATIENT CHRONIC KIDNEY UNDER HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT AT BANDAR LAMPUNG ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
Chronic Kidney Failure (CKD) is a global health problem that shows a very high mortality rate. The one of the treatments in patients with chronic kidney failure is hemodialysis. Hemodialysis (HD) is very important for patients with chronic kidney failure because hemodialysis is uses to sustain life for people with chronic kidney failure and can prevent death but hemodialysis will not cure the kidney disease itself. Patients with chronic renal failure should undergo lifelong hemodialysis therapy. Patients’ experience under hemodialysis therapy is very phenomenal because have a number of important problems both physically and psychologically as the effect of hemodialysis therapy. The objective of the research was to find out the life experience of patients chronic kidney failure under hemodialysis treatment. The research was a phenomenological descriptive study. The data were gathered by conducting in-depth interviews. The samples were 5 people, they were 3 male and 2 female, participants age ranged between 25- 60 years, with duration of received maintenance hemodialysis least one year. The samples taken by using purposive sampling technique. The interview was conducted at the hemodialysis room in Bandar Lampung Adventist Hospital. The result of the interviews was analyzed by using Creswell method. It was found that there were eight categories. The categories found in this research are cognator, regulator, role function physiological-physical, change of self-concept, role function, interdependence, development of self-efficacy and adaptive. The life experience of patients with chronic kidney failure and the coping mechanism they use is a way to develop knowledge in treating patients with chronic kidney failure comprehensively.