摘要：Patients with a chronic kidney disease encountermedical as well as psychological problems. They have to adjustto the daily changes in life as consequences of the required treatment. The need to take medication regularly,hemodialysis treatment, and reduce mobility because of limitation of physical abil ities may cause distress andoften impact on their self esteem. This study aimed to investigate the correlation of self esteem to quality of lifeon patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo hemodialysis. The study population is patients who join“K omunitas Hidup Ginjal Muda”, a community of young people with kidney disease in the social media(Facebook) which has 371 members . The incidental sampling technique was applied and resulted in 34 patientsjoined th e study as study participants. The Rosenbe rg Self Esteem Scale and the Kidney Disease Quality of LifeShort Form (version 1.3) were used to collect data. The results of product moment correlation analysis showedthat there was a positive and significant correlation between self esteem and quality of life among chronickidney disease patients who undergo hemodialysis ( r = .417; p =.
关键词：self;esteem; hemodialysis; chronic kidney disease; quality of life; community
