Effect of educational intervention on promoting self‑care in hemodialysis patients: Applying the self‑efficacy theory
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1 Department of Public Health, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom
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4 Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health
5 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis patients experience many issues in self‑care behavior. Patientsrequire to control of manage the issue to improve the self‑care. Educational intervention to behaviorchange can be effective on self‑care behavior. This study was conducted to investigate the effect ofan educational intervention, based on the self‑Efficacy theory on promoting self‑care in hemodialysispatients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy hemodialysis patients recruited in this study and dividedrandomly into intervention group (n = 35) and control group (n = 35) with convenience sampling in2016 from Qom city, Iran. Data were collected before and 3 months after education using demographicquestionnaire, self‑efficacy, a valid researcher‑made questionnaire regarding to awareness andself‑care. The educational intervention was performed for the intervention group in 4 1‑h sessionsover 2 months. The data were analyzed through Paired t‑test, Independent t‑test, Chi‑square, andMann–Whitney at the significant level of 0.05.RESULTS: While variables in two groups did not show significant difference before education (P > 0.05),a significant increase was observed in variables of self‑efficacy (P < 0.001), awareness (P < 0.001),and self‑care dimensions (P < 0.05) between two groups after 3 months education.CONCLUSION: The results of this research suggested that employing educational programs basedon the self‑efficacy theory can lead to the improvement of the self‑care behaviors in hemodialysispatients.
