The effect of continuous nursing on self-management behavior and living quality of patient received hemodialysis in primary hospital / 中国医学装备

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the effect of continuous nursing on self-management behavior and living quality of patients who received maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) in primary hospital. Methods: Sixty patients who received MHD were randomly divided into control group (n=30) and observation group (n=30). Patients of control group received routine health education, and that of observation group received the intervention of continuous nursing based on the routine method of control group. The self-management behavior and living quality of the two groups were scored at pre- and 6 month post- intervention so as to compare the self-management behavior and living quality between the two groups. Results: After 6 months, the self-management behavior of observation group was significantly higher than that of control group (t=1.712, P<0.05). The scores (51-60) of living quality of observation group was significantly higher than that of control group(x2=8.01, P<0.05). Conclusion: Continuous nursing is an effective way to improve the self-management behavior and living quality of patients received hemodialysis in primary hospital.