[Social-hygienic characteristics of patients on hemodialysis]

The results of a sociological inquiry held at 7 Moscow inpatient facilities on the basis of "a questionnaire designed for studying the social-and-hygienic life conditions of artificial-kidney patients" are described in the paper. They are indicative of that a majority of patients have a sufficiently high assessment of their life quality although they experience a constant need in hemodialysis and their vital activity is significantly limited in view of such severe pathology as chronic renal insufficiency. This can be regarded as a positive factor within a system of measures undertaken in the treatment of the above disease.