Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2010 Dec;13(2):151-160.

Effects of Empowerment Education Program for Hemodialysis Patients on Self-efficacy, Self-care Agency, Self-care Activities and Physiologic Parameters

• Park HM
• Lee HS

Abstract

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 chi2-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.
CONCLUSION
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.

Keyword

Empowerment; Self-efficacy; Self-care agency; Self-care activities

MeSH Terms

Humans
Power (Psychology)
Renal Dialysis
Self Care