THE CORRELATION OF PERSONAL SELF-CARE ABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN HEMODIALYSIS INSTALLATIONS OF RSUD MARDI WALUYO BLITAR

Chronic kidney disease is condition occurs if the patient could survive only with help of hemodialysis machine. In this state, the patients not only have to survive alone but also to achieve a certain level of their welfare. This quality of life should be maintained in management of clinical nursing for these patients. Self-care ability is one of the factors that is considered to have a relationship with the quality of life for chronic kidney disease patients. As many as 30 patients were being respondents to this research by filling out a questionnaire of personal care ability and quality of life that is modified from KDQOL-SF v 1.3. The data were analyzed using Spearman rho correlation with SPSS version 17. The results showed p value: 0.008 and rs: 0.473. This means that the correlation was strong and had positive correlation directions between self-care ability and quality of life for the patients of chronic kidney Disease. If the level of the self-care ability is higher, they will have a better quality of life. With the increasing number of the patients who can conduct a personal self-care ability will increase the contentment, or so- called a psychic satisfaction, because of the fulfillment of the requirement for a good life for both of external requirements and their perception. In addition, this satisfaction will drives an individual to gives a good value for their quality of life