Effectiveness of Individualized Health Education on Knowledge,Attitude and Self-Care Behavior of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure
Resource
臺灣醫學 v.1 n.1 pp.23-34
Journal
臺灣醫學,v.1
Journal Issue
n.1
Pages
23-34
Date Issued
1997
Date
1997
Author(s)
WU, PEI-JUNG
SHEU, SHEILA
TSAI, TUN-JEN
HWANG, SHIOW-LI
Abstract
Chronic renal failure (CRF) has a great impact on the life quality of the patients. Whether education can improve the knowledge, attitude, self -care behavior of these patients is not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of individual health education program on knowledge, attitude, and self-care behavior of patients with CRF. Factors influencing the effectiveness were also analyzed. A qasi- experimental design was used in this study. Sixty-eight patients with CRF were recruited from nephrologic outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital. They were ramdomly assigned to the experiment or control group. Thirty- three patients in the experiment group underwent individual health education, while thirty-five patients in the control group received only routine care. Significantly beneficial effects of education on knowledge, attitude, and self-care behaviors were found in the experiment group. Influencing factors for the effectiveness of the education program on knowledge of the patients included individual health education, patient*s education level, number of symptoms and signs, pre-test score of knowledge and attitude, and participation in CRF education program. Effectiveness of the health teaching on attitude of the patients was influenced by individual health education, knowing self*s serum creatinine level, serum creatinine level and pre-test score of attitude ; Effectiveness of health education on self-care behavior was influenced by indivisual health education and the pre-test score of self- care behavior only. We concluded that an individual health education program is effective in improving the knowledge, attitude and self-care behavior of patients with CRF. Findings of this study may help medical personnel to provide better care for the patients with CRF.