Effects of self-management education on COVID-19 prevention in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To develop self-management education for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients on hemodialysis and to verify its effects.

Background

During the current pandemic, studies on various areas, such as infection control in dialysis units, infection rates, clinical characteristics, treatment progress, and the emotional and psychological states of dialysis patients, have been actively reported. However, experimental research verifying the effects of interventions on infection prevention in hemodialysis patients is very rare.

Methods

This study included 34 patients on hemodialysis in a South Korean general hospital (18 in the experimental group and 16 in the control group). Data were collected from September to October 2021. The experimental group was

SUBMITTER: Cho YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9831661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature