A rede de apoio social ao usuário com insuficiência renal crônica

Abstract

Chronic diseases have received attention from health professionals in recent decades because of the important role played in the morbidity and mortality of the population. Among these diseases are chronic renal failure which can lead to health problems, social and economic. In this sense, the network of social support is an important resource that can be used by the multidisciplinary team and the individual to advance in the face of difficulties and changes of the disease and the treatment requires. The objective of this article is to bring to the debate the importance of the support network of people with users with chronic renal failure and how relationships help in fighting the disease. The results show the difficulties presented by family members in coping with kidney disease and show that the supportive network of clients and families is made up by other family members, neighbors and friends. The results show the importance of the support network of people with chronic kidney disease users and, therefore, can be seen that the progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function, establishes a dependence with treatment, resulting in a change in all spheres of life this guy.