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KMID : 0939320100130020151
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
2010 Volume.13 No. 2 p.151 ~ p.160
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Effects of Empowerment Education Program for Hemodialysis Patients on Self-efficacy, Self-care Agency, Self-care Activities and Physiologic Parameters
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Park Hoe-Mi
Lee Hea-Shoon
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of empowerment education program on self-efficacy, self-care agency, self-care activities and physiologic parameters among hemodialysis patients.
Method: Nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. There were 36 subjects in the experimental group and 35 subjects in the control group. The empowerment education program was administered for 4 weeks (1 time per week). Data were collected pre-treatment and post treatment. The x²-test or Fisher"s exact test, ANCOVA, t-test and paired t-test were performed to determine the group differences, using SPSS 14.0 version.
Results: Self-efficacy, self-care agency, self-care activities and weight variation significantly improved after the empowerment education program in hemodialysis patients.
Conslusion: The empowerment education program for hemodialysis patients was effective to improve the degree of self-efficacy, self-care activities and self-care agency and to decrease interdialytic weight variation.
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KEYWORD
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Empowerment, Self-efficacy, Self-care agency, Self-care activities
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