Abstract
The thesis presents pilot results of an extensive anonymous questionnaire survey among patients the haemodialysis programme in the Czech Republic. The survey was focused particularly on the psychosocial and economic status but also examined subjective troubles and perception of the burden cause by the regular haemodialysis treatment.
Data obtained from a total of 2966 persons (average age 68,72, men 61.2%) were processed. Only two thirds of the respondents were regularly monitored by a nephrologist before initiation of the dialysis treatment.
An overwhelming majority of patients stated that they had received sufficient information about the therapy from physicians and dialysis nurses. Almost 10% of the patients stated that they did not observe the rules of healthy lifestyle despite knowing them.
Two thirds of the patients do not receive any social financial contribution. Subjective troubles of dialysis patients are very frequent; the main troubles are pains of the musculoskeletal system.
The questionnaire survey was accepted positively by the patients and brought plentiful information that is new for the nursing staff and may serve as a basis for targeted improvement of the provided comprehensive care.