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- Title
Effect of health contract intervention on renal dialysis patients in Korea.
- Authors
Cho, Mi-Kyoung
- Abstract
This study is a randomized, controlled trial to examine the effect of the health contract intervention, based on the goal attainment theory, on the self-care behavior and physiological indices of renal dialysis patients in Korea. The experimental group ( n = 21) underwent health contract intervention for 4 weeks, while the control group ( n = 22) received routine care. The data were collected using questionnaires and measurement of physiological indices and analyzed using the SPSS WIN 12.0 program. A P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Total score of self-care behavior ( P = 0.011) and individual scores for behaviors, such as diet ( P = 0.017), exercise and rest ( P = 0.001), and blood pressure and body weight ( P = 0.006) were higher in the experimental group. Serum potassium concentration and mean weight gain between dialysis sessions were significantly low in the experimental group ( P = 0.002, P = 0.017). Therefore, the health contract intervention based on the goal attainment theory proved effective in improving self-care behavior and physiological indices ( K, P, mean weight gain) in renal dialysis patients in Korea.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; HEALTH self-care; T-test (Statistics); NURSING models; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANALYSIS of covariance; CHI-squared test; CONTROL groups; PRE-tests &; post-tests; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Nursing & Health Sciences, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 1, p86
- ISSN
1441-0745
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/nhs.12003