Research progress of stigma in patients with maintenance hemodialysis

Stigma can lead to social isolation, poor therapeutic compliance, and decreased quality of life in patients with maintenance hemodialysis. This paper reviewed literatures from both domestic and international sources, focusing on five aspects pertaining to the origins, harms, assessment tools, influencing factors, and intervention measures of perceived stigma in patients with maintenance hemodialysis, in order to provide theoretical grounding and serve as a reference for conducting related researches and implementing domestic nursing interventions.