Assessment Of Hemodialysis Patient’s Compliance To The Treatment And Follow Up In Baghdad Teaching Hospitals | ||
| kufa Journal for Nursing sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, August 2014, Pages 86-95 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma Makee Mahmood; Batool A. Jaddoue Al- Ani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objectives: The Study aims to identify the hemodialysis patients’ compliance about the treatment and follow up in Baghdad Teaching Hospitals. Methodology : A descriptive study was conducted infive teaching hospitals in Baghdad City from 15/5/2012 to 15 /8/2013 to achieve the objectives of the study, A non probability (purposive) sample of 200 cases which consists of patient with ESRD who are admitted to the dialysis centers at AL-Kadhmia, AL-Yarmok, AL-Kindey, AL-Karama, and Baghdad Teaching hospitals were selected, with their ages between 18 to less than 70 years old. And under hemodialysis treatment not less than 6 mouths. A questioner’s format was used for data collection. The validity of questioner was estimated through a penal of experts related to the field of study, and its reliability was estimated through test- retest method which was estimated as average (r=0.89). Data was gathered by interview technique using the questionnaires format and data was analyzed by application of descriptive and inferential statistical By using SPSS version Results: The results of the study indicated that (54.0%) of sample were males and most of them were range between (30-39) years old, (54%0) of them were single , while (28%) of them were married. Also the study indicated that (39%) of sample were housewife, (54 %) of them were under secondary school graduation, and (48%) of them the monthly income is not sufficient. Moreover the study indicated that (58%) of them had medical history less than five years in hemodialysis, and half of them done hemodialysis for three times per week, (75.5%) of them for four hours in each session. Conclusions: The results of the study indicated that most of them compliance to the treatment and not compliance to the follow up. Recommendation: The study recommends conducting and improving national programs of hemodialysis in Iraq, and the necessity of conducting other researchers in the field of Hemodialysis patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| assessment; Hemodialysis patient; Compliance; Treatment | ||
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