Learning Objective 1: To identify the body image of patients under the hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
Learning Objective 2: To found some factors that were associated with the body image and get some cues in the dimension of clinical care
The results showed that (1). the mean scores of body image reported by hemodialysis samples and peritoneal samples was 1.23 and 1.76 respectively. The levels of disturbance of body image were between ‘’Not at all ‘’and ‘’Mild ‘’. (2).The level of body image reported by hemodialysis samples and peritoneal samples was positively correlated with depression, and negatively correlated with the quality of life. (3).The predictors of body image for the hemodialysis samples wereFfemale, age, depression, hyperlipidemia, and BMI. It explained 32.2% of the total variances. The predictors of body image for the peritoneal samples includedFphysiological domain and psychological domain of quality of life, and glucose high group. It explained 41.3% of the total variances. The predictors of body image for the whole samples includedFperitoneal dialysis treatment, depression, social domain of quality of life, female, and no monthly income, or more than 50,000 NT. It explained 36.7% of the total variances.