Effect of the education given to the patients undergone kidney transplantation on the life quality and compliance to treatment and anxiety and depression levels

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Curcani M., Tan M.

HEALTHMED, cilt.5, sa.4, ss.753-758, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: HEALTHMED
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.753-758
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of patient education on the quality of life and compliance to treatment and anxiety and depression levels in kidney transplantation patients. The study was carried on patients undergone kidney transplantation registered in nephrology polyclinic of hospital in Erzurum, Turkey. The SF-36 Life Quality Scale, the Kidney Transplantation Adaptation Assessment Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used, in addition to sociodemographic data collection questionnaire. It was found that there was a significant difference between pre-education and post-education mean scores of all the subscales of the quality of life and global quality of life, and there was an increase in the scores after the patient education. It was detected that the compliance to treatment of patients increased in Kidney Transplantation Adaptation Assessment Scale after education. The level of anxiety and depression was found to have decreased after the patient education.