J Korean Acad Nurs.  2017 Aug;47(4):445-455. 10.4040/jkan.2017.47.4.445.

The Effects of an Empowerment Education Program for Kidney Transplantation Patients

• Kim SH
• You HS

• KMID: 2389021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2017.47.4.445

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to develop an Empowerment Education Program (EEP) for kidney transplant patients and to test the program's effects on uncertainty, self-care ability, and compliance.
METHODS
The research was conducted using a nonequivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design. The participants were 53 outpatients (experimental group: 25, control group: 28) who were receiving hospital treatment after kidney transplants. After the pre-test, patients in the experimental group underwent a weekly EEP for six weeks. The post-test was conducted immediately after, and four weeks after the program's completion in the same manner as the pre-test. For the control group, we conducted a post-test six and ten weeks after the pre-test, without and program intervention. A repeated measure ANOVA was performed to compare the change scores on main outcomes.
RESULTS
Uncertainty was significantly lower in the experimental group than in the control group, both immediately after (t=-3.84, p=<.001) and 4 weeks after (t=-4.51 p=<.001) the program, whereas self-care ability (t=5.81, p=<.001), (t=5.84, p=<.001) and compliance (t=5.07, p=<.001), (t=5.45, p=<.001) were significantly higher.
CONCLUSION
Kidney transplant patients who underwent an EEP showed a decrease in uncertainty and an improvement in self-care ability and compliance. Thus, our findings confirmed that an EEP can be an independent intervention method for improving and maintaining the health of kidney transplant patients.

Keyword

Kidney transplantation; Power (Psychology); Uncertainty; Self care; Patient compliance

MeSH Terms

Compliance
Education*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Kidney*
Methods
Outpatients
Patient Compliance
Power (Psychology)*
Self Care
Uncertainty

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