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Investigating the effect of patient education and telephone follow-up (tele-nursing) on treatment adherence and quality of life of kidney transplant patients
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Fatemeh Nourouzi   , Hossein Nazmieh * , Ali Akbar Vaezi , Maryam Sadat Hashemi |
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Abstract: (106 Views) |
Introduction: The success of kidney transplantation is significantly affected by treatment adherence. lack of adherence to treatment results in rejection of transplantation, decrease of quality of life, increased costs. Providing appropriate Tele nursing in this area can help can help reduce this challenge.
Methods: this study is an experimental study (pre-test-post-test) conducted on 60 transplant patients in a 5-year period (1397-1402) transplant centers at Al-Zahra Hospital and the Qamar Bani Hashem charity center in Isfahan. The samples were randomly simplified into two control and experimental groups. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire of treatment adherence questionnaires and quality of life of SF-KDQOL kidney patients, which were completed electronically in the pre-test phase then the test group underwent face-to-face training and telephone follow-up for three months and a week in 12 sessions, and was regularly informed about the training required by kidney transplant patients through Eita social networks, and the control group received common training and training pamphlets, then both groups answered the questionnaire questions again. The data obtained was analyzed using the SPSS software version 25 and descriptive and inferential statistical methods.
Results: The result of the study showed that after the intervention, the average treatment adherence score in the experimental group was 297/12±47/135 and in the control group was 277/15±10/100, which indicated a statistically significant difference between the two groups(p=0.000). Also, the average quality of life score after the intervention was 56/18±6/789 in the experimental group and 7.732±49/33 in the control group, indicating a statistically significant difference between the two groups(p=0.001).
Conclusions: The findings of the study showed that Telephone Follow-up (Telenursing) and face-to-face training can play an effective role in increasing the on treatment adherence and quality of life of kidney transplant patients, so the use of this training method in the patient training program is recommended.
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| Keywords: Telenursing, kidney transplantation, treatment adherence, quality of life |
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Type of Study: Nursing Education |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2024/08/5 | Accepted: 2025/01/25 | Published: 2025/03/30
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