Abstract: 【Abstract】 Objective To study the association between pain and life quality in patients with long-term hemodialysis. Methods A total of 33 patients with hemodialysis for more than 5 years from Peking Union Medical College Hospital were selected. The mean age of these patients was 60.7±9.6 years old. The average HD period was 9.5±3.9（5-17）years. The general conditions and biochemical data were collected. Brief Pain Inventory evaluated the pain. SF-36 scales assessed their life quality. Results 75.8% patients had chronic pain. The usually affected parts were shoulder (51.5%), knee (36.4%), wrist (18.2%) and hip (15.2%). The average pain scale was 3.7±1.9 (numerical scale 0-10). 24.2% patients were receiving anti-inflammatory drugs. There were no demographic, serological, and dialysis-related predictors for pain (such as age, primary disease, hemodialysis period, KT/V, Ca, P, PTH and Hb). Patients who complained of pain got less scaled scores of SF-36 (P<0.05). Conclusion Pain was a significant problem for long-term HD patients and affected the quality of life. Nephrologists should pay more attention on it.

Key words: Pain, Quality of life