The effect of an educational program on quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis in western Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Objectives: To assess health-related quality of life (QOL) among hemodialysis (HD) patients attending HD units in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to evaluate the effect of an educational program on health-related QOL. Method: One hundred HD patients were recruited and followed from 4 different dialysis units in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between January 2018 and May 2018. The patients were divided into an intervention group (n=50) receiving educational program and control group (n=50). All sociodemographic and laboratory variables were recorded. The QOL short form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire has been used and the score calculated to all patients enrolled in the study before and after educational program. The participants received the educational program in individualized sessions. Results: The mean ± standard deviation in the intervention group were significantly greater than in controls after the educational program in most dimensions of QOL, including role-physical (35.5 ± 24.7 versus 24.5 ± 23.9, p <0.02), role-emotional (58.6 ± 40.1 versus 44.6+43.4, p <0.001) and general health (76.6 ± 16 versus 62.9 ± 19.4, p <0.001). This reflects high impact of patient counseling in the QOL of HD patients. Conclusion: The scores of health-related quality of life for HD patients were low. The educational program had significant positive impact on all health-related quality of life parameters.

Factors associated with quality of life among chronic kidney disease patients in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

“…Moreover, we found that those with higher education had better QOL than those with lower education in the domain of PCS. Several studies [34][35][36] have reported that the impact of having higher education is related to better QOL among CKD patients, particularly in the domain of PCS. This finding is consistent with a study conducted in the United States [37], which reported that higher and longer duration of education were associated with higher HRQOL scores.…”

Assessment of Safe Handling and Disposal of Laundry in Hemodialysis Unit

“…Finally, it can be observed that the overall performed safe laundry practices scores were satisfactory in both settings with no significant relations between overall staff laundry safe practices scores and pathogens (32,33,34) .…”

Perbandingan Psikoedukasi Langsung dan Tidak Langsung terhadap Kepatuhan Terapi Pasien Hemodialisis: A Systematic Review

“…Berbagai pendekatan intervensi yang diidentifikasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu intervensi pendidikan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan (Alikari et al, 2019;Bakarman et al, 2019;Başer & Mollaoğlu, 2019;Mina et al, 2019;Rafiee Vardanjani et al, 2016;Youssef Sharaf, 2016;, self regulation model (Howren et al, 2016), dukungan psikososial dan social support programme (Griva et al, 2018;Mansouri et al, 2020;Tao et al, 2020), penerapan motivational technique (Crown et al, 2017), self-care and selfmanagement berdasarkan konstruksi teori perilaku kognitif (Mahjubian et al, 2018;Zhianfar, Nadrian, Jafarabadi, et al, 2020).…”