Objective To explore the current status of shame in maintenance hemodialysis（MHD）patients and analyze its influencing factors．Methods Based on the convenience sampling method,236 patients who underwent MHD treatment at the Blood Purification Center of the Third People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou City,Henan Province from February 2020 to October 2022 were selected as the research subjects．A general information survey questionnaire,Perceived Social Support Scale（PSSS）,and Social Impact Scale（SIS）were used for the survey．Grouping based on SIS scores,logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of shame in MHD patients．Results MHD patients had a shame score of（65.03±10.68）,among which patients with shorter disease course,lower social support,lower average family income,lower education level,and those who did not participate in kidney friend associations had higher shame scores．Patients with longer disease course,higher average family income,higher social support,participation in kidney self-help group,and higher education level had lower shame scores（P<0.05）．The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the patient’s educational level,average family income,participation in a kidney self-help group,course of illness,and social support were the influencing factors for the patient’s sense of shame（P<0.05）．Conclusions The shame score of MHD patients is at a moderate high level．Guiding patients to have a correct understanding of the disease,paying more attention to patients with lower family income,encouraging them to actively participate in kidney self-help group,and providing good social support to patients can all help reduce their sense of shame．