Assessment Psychological and Physical Burden Among Nurses of Patients with Kidney Failure in Kidney Dialysis Center at Al- Nasiriyah City

Abstract

Objective: To assess psychological and physical burden among nurses of patients with kidney failure in kidney dialysis center at Al- Nasiriyah city Methods: A descriptive study "non-probability" sample of (168) nurses is a cross-sectional design was implemented at present for the period from October 2021 to August 2022 Results: The results of this table show that more of the nurses in age group to the study sample were within (21-27) years was (73.8%). the majority of respondents were female (55.9%). While less than half of them has diploma nursing graduates (48.8%). the results show that work place the most participants were work in Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital / Hemodialysis 78.6%) and Al-Nasiriyah Teaching Hospital / Hemodialysis (21.4%). more than half of the sample have residency urban (51.2).  In addition, majority of them have (1-7 years) for years of experience in nursing were presented (61.3%). Regarding of economic status is fair (59.5). And marital status was single for more than half of the participants (62.5). The majority of participants have Moderate level Severity of Burden among nurses of patients with kidney failure in kidney dialysis center at Al- Nasiriyah city. Recommendations: Dialysis providers bear a level of burden of care and this stress has an inverse impact on their quality of life. Therefore, it is recommended that more attention be paid to the needs of carers and to provide them with appropriate social, economic, physical and psychological support.