Abstract: Objective To investigate the quality of life(QoL) of maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) patients in Beijing suburb.Method QoL of 62 MHD patients in Beijing suburb were measured using Kidney Disease and Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL-SF ). Results ① Physical functioning was the lowest and perceptions of staff encouragement was the highest in these patients. ②these patients had a significant lower QoL by SF-36 than normal controls. ③Social support, perceptions of staff encouragement, patients satisfaction and general health perception were significantly higher(P＜0.05) and social function, Physical health, physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional problems, pain, energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, symptoms/problems, effects of kidney disease, sexual function, sleep and work status were significantly lower(P＜0.05) in these patients than in the patients from General Hospital of PLA. ④ The cognitive function of male patients were significantly higher than female patients. ⑤ Correlation analysis demonstrated that age affectd the QoL of MHD patients, yet hemoglobin(Hb) had no significant correlation with QoL. ⑥ QoL of patients with different types of medical expenditures had significant differences. Medical insurance group and socialized medicine group were better than cooperative medicine group and personal medicine group. Conclusions The QoL of MHD patients in Beijing suburb are low, so improve QoL of MHD patients by effective measures should be the target of medical treatment.

Key words: Quality of life