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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to know whether the self-care agency can be improved after the four-session education program in hemodialysis patients.
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to know whether blood biochemical parameters can be improved after the four-session education program in hemodialysis patients.
Methods: The quasiexperimental design was investigated in this study.There are sixty qualified subjects were assigned into the control group(30 patients) and the experimental group(30 patients) by convenience from the hemodialysis center in Taipei City. A four-session education program, 60 minutes in each session, was provided by a nurse and dietitian. The topics for self-care agency and the nutritional education such as proper intake of protein, limitation of dietary were included. Certain blood biochemical parameters, such as albumin, total cholesterol and PCR were analyzed. Self-care Scale was used for evaluating the effect of intervention.
Results: After the education program, patient’s cognitive and behavior scores of Self-care Scale were significantly increased (15.8% and 8.5%, respectively). The blood biochemical data also showed serum albumin and total cholesterol were increased significantly in the experimental group.
Conclusions: In addition to the significant improvement in cognition and behavior in Self-care Scale, the blood biochemical data also showed significantly increased in HD patients after the combination of nursing with dietitian education intervention. These data suggested that continuing education may be to improve the quality of life in hemodialysis patients.