Predictors of Self-Management Behaviors After Discharge Among Unplanned Dialysis Patients

Yu-Yin KAO ； Chien-Te LEE ； Ruey-Hsia WANG

《The Journal of Nursing Research》 31卷2期 (2023/04) Pp. 1-8

https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000523

摘要

Background: Patients with unplanned dialysis must perform self-management behaviors to maintain their health in the community after discharge. Understanding the factors that predict the postdischarge self-management behaviors of patients with unplanned dialysis can assist nurses to implement appropriate discharge plans for this population. Purpose: This study was designed to predict the effects of uncertainty in illness, self-care knowledge, and social-support-related needs during hospitalization on the self-management behaviors of patients with unplanned dialysis during their first 3 months after discharge from the hospital. Methods: One hundred sixty-nine patients with unplanned dialysis from the nephrology department of a medical center in Taiwan were enrolled in this prospective study using convenience sampling. At hospital admission, demographic, uncertainty in illness, self-care knowledge, and social support information was collected using a structured questionnaire. Information on self-management behavior was collected at 3 months postdischarge when the patients visited outpatient clinics. Results: Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that self-care knowledge, uncertainty in illness, and social support were important predictors of self-management behaviors at 3 months postdischarge, explaining 65.6% of the total variance in self-management behaviors. Social support increased the variance in self-management behaviors by 27.9%. Conclusions/Implications for Practice: Comprehensive discharge planning to improve the postdischarge self-management behaviors of patients with unplanned dialysis should involve interventions to improve self-care knowledge, reduce uncertainty in illness, and increase social support. Building social support should be given priority attention.

關鍵字

unplanned dialysis ； uncertainty in illness ； self-care knowledge ； social support ； self-management behaviors

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