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Compliance behaviors among patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy in Holy Kerbala / Iraq | ||
| karbala journal of pharmaceutical sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 78-90 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. A; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Adherence to dialysis sessions attendance, fluid and dietary restriction, and medication recommendations are essential for adequate management of hemodialysis patients. This will help nurses staffs to identify gaps in their health education of patients on haemodialysis. The ultimate goal is to improve patients’ adherence to haemodialysis, therefore effective management of end stage renal failure population, consequently their quality of life. This study designed to identify compliance behavior of hemodialysis treatment, medication, fluid and diet restriction among patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy. A descriptive study was carried out at hemodialysis unit in holy kerbala / Iraq, from the period of March, 2014 to October, 2014. A purposive sample of 50 patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy were selected randomly in AL-Husien medical city, and they were invited to be enrolled in the study after taking their consent. The data were collected by means of direct interview technique with the patients, through the use of end stage renal disease-adherence questionnaire (ESRD-AQ). A descriptive statistical analysis procedures were used for the data analysis. The results revealed that most of the study sample was female, within age group more than 60 years old, illiterate, married, housewifes, and most of them were suffering from hypertension. In addition, the majority of them were undergoing hemodialysis treatment not more than five years, and received three dialysis sessions with three hours for each session per week. There are a deficit in compliance behaviors toward hemodialysis attendance, medications, fluid restrictions, and dietary restrictions. The study recommended to educate patients with family involvement about the importance of adherence to hemodialysis therapy, and future studies should be done to identify factors that effecting compliance behavior among hemodialysis patients in holy kerbala. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Compliance behaviors; Hemodialysis therapy | ||
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