Abstract
This quantitative study evaluates the spiritual well-being and self-esteem of patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis and investigates the relationship between them. Developed in a hemodialysis unit of a philanthropic hospital in the South of Minas Gerais, with convenience sample (N=118), predominance of women and mean age of 57 years. Data collection was carried out through interviews between October-November 2013, using the sociodemographic, clinical and spiritual instrument, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Rating Scale and Welfare Spiritual Scale. Descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney test were applied. The average self-esteem was 31.70, classified as high, and the spiritual well-being, 92.91, rated as moderate. There was a statistically significant correlation at 1%, that is, the greater the level of spiritual well-being found, the higher the self-esteem. In addition, the higher the importance religiosity / spirituality for the individual, the higher their level of self-esteem and spiritual well-being (p=.001). Thus, the use of spirituality can be considered as a coping strategy to face the disease and treatment.
Chronic renal failure; kidney disease; spirituality; self-esteem