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Description of the illness experience by adolescents with chronic renal disease.
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Mental HealthAdolescenceAdolescent Chronic IllnessGlomerulonephritisChronic Renal DiseaseRenal FunctionAdolescent MedicineIllness ExperienceChronic Kidney DiseaseDaily LivesHemodialysisKidney FailureYoung Adult MedicineHealthcare TransitionEnd-stage Renal DiseaseNursingUrologyRenal DiseaseChronic DiseasePediatricsMedicineNephrology
The purpose of this study was to describe the illness experience of five adolescents with chronic renal disease. The adolescents described how renal disease had affected themselves and their daily lives. Implications for nurses when interacting with adolescents with renal disease are discussed.