End stage renal disease is one of the alarming complications of chronic kidney disease that leads to maintenance hemodialysis which greatly affects the quality of life of the patients.

OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the overall quality of life scores of out-patient ESRD patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis between Hemodialysis Unit II in Manila Doctors Hospital from July to August 2017.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was a cross sectional study which used a validated English and Filipino versions of the Kidney Disease and Quality of Life Short Form (KDQOL -SFtm) survey. Descriptive statistics were used for quantitative variables while counts and proportions for qualitative variables. Chi square test or Fishers exact probability test was used for the differences in socio-demographic characteristics while independent t-test was employed for the quality of life scores between units. Seventy four ESRD patients participated in the study.

RESULTS: For the individual scores, both units have equal proportions of good, moderate and poor quality of line in the physical component. However, in the emotional component, Hemodialysis Unit 1 patients had good quality of life while those in Hemodialysis Unit 2 had poor to moderate quality of life. In the kidney disease component, Hemodialysis Unit 1 patients had poor to moderate quality of life while Unit 2 patients had good quality of life.

CONCLUSION: Overall, Hemodialysis Unit 2 patients had poor quality of life while Hemodialysis Unit 1 patients had moderate quality of life. Further studies may be done in other private and government hospitals around Manila including dialysis centers. Multi-centered comparisons may also be made either between multiple government hospitals, between multiple private hospitals or between private and government hospitals.