EFFECTS OF HOME EDUCATION ON PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS OF HEMODIALYSIED PATIENTS

Developed and irreversible failure kidneys is called chronic renal failure (CRF) that it is usually progressive. Remedial procedures for chronic Renal Failure are improving and among them hemodialysis not only can’t solve these patients’ problems, but also precipitates more complications. Therefore, acquiring some new knowledge and skills about daily life is necessary. Paying attention to the above mentioned subjects, we decided to carry out a study with the aim of appointment of the effects of home education on physical health status of hemodialysed patients.

Methods & Materials: In this quasi-experimental study 33 hemodialysis patients are chosen as the study community by purposive sampling method. Data gathering tools were demographic characteristics form and physical health status checklist. The results were analyzed by paired t-tests.

Results: The results of this study showed that most of the patients (78.78%) possessed moderate physical health before the education and a large number of them (54.55%) had good physical health after the education. The paired t-test revealed a significant difference between systolic Bp, weight gathering between two hemodialysis, sodium, potassium, calcium and hematocrite level pre and post educationally.

Conclusion: The results of this study are parallel with the results of most studies done in Iran and abroad. So being attentive to the study results, we rcommend home visit program as an important basic method in hygiene remedial cares of hemodialysis patients.