Study of Self-care and Its Related Factors in Hemodialysis Patients in Kermanshah

Aims: Chronic renal failure is a progressive and irreversible disorder, which disables kidneys to excrete metabolic waste and maintain fluid and electrolyte. Hemodialysis is one of the main treatments for chronic kidney failure patients. These patients with the onset of dialysis faced in their lives with numerous needs and a lot of changes and to live with this chronic disease it is necessary to Carry out self-care activities. According to increasing number of hemodialysis patients, This research was done With the aim of examining self-care and Related activities and its relationship with variables such as age, sex, level of education, Marital status and economic status of hemodialysis patients.

Study Design: The present study is a cross-sectional observational study that evaluates 122 patients under treatment by hemodialysis in educational hospitals of Kermanshah Imam Reza and Imam Khomaini as accessible. To collect data, demographic information and self-care checklist were used To collect data. Data analysed by software spss22 and using descriptive statistics (percent, diagram, mean) Student t-test and ANOVA or f test.

Findings: In examining the demographic variables, 50% of women participated in the study (22.3%) of the subjects were aged 60-70. 72.1% of subjects had an education level less than a diploma, and 83% were non-working. The findings of research with confidence coefficient 95% indicated that means of self-care in surveyed patients are 56.32 and patients have had most self-care for skin and fistula (24.99) and least self- care for sleep (6.20). Self-care is higher in people with higher education, and there is no relationship between self-care and the variables of sex, age, economic status and marital status of patients.

Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between self-care and patient education thus, by considering the level of knowledge and the state of their lives and correcting patients' weaknesses, training of self-care activities should be increased.