Health Needs and Self - Efficacy among Patients Post Kidney Transplantation: Outcomes of Intervention Guidelines

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Medical – Surgical-Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University

2 Community Health Departments, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University

3 Urology Department , Faculty of Medicine , Ain Shams University

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of Intervention guidelines on health needs
and self - efficacy among patients post kidney transplantation. Subjects and Methods: A
quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study, that was conducted in the Kidney
Transplantation Department and Outpatients` Clinics at Naser Institute and Ain Shams Specialized
Hospitals. A purposive sample of (60) adult patients post kidney transplantation were taken from
the above mentioned settings. The study tools were: 1) Patients,
interviewing questionnaire (pre /
post tests) to assess the studied patients health needs (physical, psychological, social, spiritual and
educational) .2).Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (pre / posttests )to assess anxiety level. 3) General
self-efficacy scale (pre / post tests) to predict coping with daily hassles. Results: More than half
of the studied patients were male with secondary education and the majority of them had the age
above 35 years. Pre guidelines there were a higher health needs and lower self - efficacy among
them post kidney transplantation. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, the intervention
guidelines had a positive effect on meeting the health needs (physical, social, psychological,
spiritual and educational) among the studied patients post kidney transplantation. In addition ,
significant improvement was indicated in their self efficacy and reducing anxiety levels in
post and follow – up tests .Recommendations: Further studies should be carried out on a large
number of patients with kidney transplantation for generalization of the results.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 8, Issue 3
September 2017
Pages 234-247

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