Effects of Empowerment Education Program for Hemodialysis Patients on Self-efficacy, Self-care Agency, Self-care Activities and Physiologic Parameters / 재활간호학회지
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
; : 151-160, 2010.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-654953
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of empowerment education program on self-efficacy, self-care agency, self-care activities and physiologic parameters among hemodialysis patients.METHOD:
Nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. There were 36 subjects in the experimental group and 35 subjects in the control group. The empowerment education program was administered for 4 weeks (1 time per week). Data were collected pre-treatment and post treatment. The chi2-test or Fisher's exact test, ANCOVA, t-test and paired t-test were performed to determine the group differences, using SPSS 14.0 version.RESULTS:
Self-efficacy, self-care agency, self-care activities and weight variation significantly improved after the empowerment education program in hemodialysis patients.CONCLUSION:
The empowerment education program for hemodialysis patients was effective to improve the degree of self-efficacy, self-care activities and self-care agency and to decrease interdialytic weight variation.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Self Care
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Power, Psychological
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Renal Dialysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article