內科WU, PEI-JUNGPEI-JUNGWUSHEU, SHEILASHEILASHEUTSAI, TUN-JENTUN-JENTSAIHWANG, SHIOW-LISHIOW-LIHWANG吳佩蓉許淑蓮蔡敦仁黃秀梨2008-12-102018-07-112008-12-102018-07-111997http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/90498　　 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.en-US