Health Needs and Self - Efficacy among Patients Post Kidney Transplantation: Outcomes of Intervention Guidelines | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 19, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2017, Page 234-247 PDF (306.88 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2017.47310 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Asmaa M. Khorais1; Basma M. Khalil1; Shimaa F. Miky2; Wafaa Kh. Ibrahim2; Mohamed M. Yassin3 | ||||
1Medical – Surgical-Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||||
2Community Health Departments, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||||
3Urology Department , Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of Intervention guidelines on health needs and self - efficacy among patients post kidney transplantation. Subjects and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study, that was conducted in the Kidney Transplantation Department and Outpatients` Clinics at Naser Institute and Ain Shams Specialized Hospitals. A purposive sample of (60) adult patients post kidney transplantation were taken from the above mentioned settings. The study tools were: 1) Patients, interviewing questionnaire (pre / post tests) to assess the studied patients health needs (physical, psychological, social, spiritual and educational) .2).Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (pre / posttests )to assess anxiety level. 3) General self-efficacy scale (pre / post tests) to predict coping with daily hassles. Results: More than half of the studied patients were male with secondary education and the majority of them had the age above 35 years. Pre guidelines there were a higher health needs and lower self - efficacy among them post kidney transplantation. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, the intervention guidelines had a positive effect on meeting the health needs (physical, social, psychological, spiritual and educational) among the studied patients post kidney transplantation. In addition , significant improvement was indicated in their self efficacy and reducing anxiety levels in post and follow – up tests .Recommendations: Further studies should be carried out on a large number of patients with kidney transplantation for generalization of the results. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Kidney transplantation; health needs; self - efficacy; intervention guidelines | ||||
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