A growing number of patients are supported by dialysis in older age. Care of these patients can be challenging due to chronic healthcare conditions, diminished quality of life, and an increased risk of death. The purposes of this study were to measure self-care behaviors in elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients and to identify variables associated with self-care behaviors. The subjects were 113 elderly patients on HD who visited a tertiary hospital in Seoul between November 5th and 30th, 2012, and consented to participate in the study. The SPSS WIN 15.0 program was used of data analysis. The mean score for self-care behaviors was 3.14. Caring for an arteriovenous fistula, followed by taking medication showed the highest scores for self-care activities, and engaging in social activities and diet control showed the lowest scores. The mean score for social support was 76.8. Significant negative correlation was observed between self-care behaviors and serum phosphorus, and potassium concentration, and significant positive correlation was observed between self-care behaviors and social support. Age, education level, and social support predicted value accounted for 36.8% of the variance in self-care behaviors in elderly hemodialysis patients. Dialysis providers should recognize self-care behaviors as an important nursing issue for elderly hemodialysis patients, and self-care and self-efficacy training should be provided to improve patients’ confidence in performing self-care behaviors.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Methods 2.1. Subjects and Data Collection 2.2. Instruments 2.3. Data Analysis 2.4. Ethnical Consideration 3. Results 3.1. General Characteristics Patients 3.2. Self-care Behaviors 3.3. Social Support 3.4. Correlation between Self-care Behaviors and other Variabless 3.5. Factors Affecting Self-care Behaviors in Elderly Hemodialysis Patients 4. Discussion References
보안공학연구지원센터(IJBSBT) [Science & Engineering Research Support Center, Republic of Korea(IJBSBT)]
설립연도
2006
분야
공학>컴퓨터학
소개
1. 보안공학에 대한 각종 조사 및 연구
2. 보안공학에 대한 응용기술 연구 및 발표
3. 보안공학에 관한 각종 학술 발표회 및 전시회 개최
4. 보안공학 기술의 상호 협조 및 정보교환
5. 보안공학에 관한 표준화 사업 및 규격의 제정
6. 보안공학에 관한 산학연 협동의 증진
7. 국제적 학술 교류 및 기술 협력
8. 보안공학에 관한 논문지 발간
9. 기타 본 회 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology
간기
격월간
pISSN
2233-7849
수록기간
2009~2016
등재여부
SCOPUS
십진분류
KDC 505DDC 605
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology Vol.8 No.6