Effect of Educational Package on Complications Associated with Plasmapheresis among Patients with Autoimmune Disorders | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 57, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 878-891 PDF (738.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.200852 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shereen Abd El-Moneam Ahmed1; Sabah Nazeh Mohamed Elderiny2 | ||
| 1Assistant. Prof of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez-Canal University, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Autoimmune disorders represent an extreme range of clinical conditions affecting different organs, with the production of autoantibodies as a main pathogenic mechanism that strongly needs treatment with plasmapheresis. Aim: Evaluate the effect of educational Package on complications associated with plasmapheresis among patients with autoimmune disorders. Method: Quasi- experimental design was implemented on a purposeful sample selected by simple randomization on (100) one-hundred patients undergoing plasmapheresis; from the 1st of July, 2019 to the end of January, 2020. Tools: Two tools were used to conduct this study including interview questionnaire to assess demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, and body system plasmapheresis related complications scale to assess complications associated with plasmapheresis. Results: The most obvious diagnosis was Myasthenia Gravis in (48.0% and 52.0%) followed with Guillain-Barre syndrome in (40.0%, 36.0%) of the study and control group correspondingly. The most commonly reported complications in both groups were vomiting, citrate induced hypocalcaemia, angioedema, hematoma, and arrhythmias with the same priority order after educational package implementation with (P<0.05). Conclusion: A statistical significant decline occurred in the report of plasmapheresis-associated complications after the application of an educational package (P<0.05). Recommendations: Further researches are needed to study the effect of different management strategies on controlling the most common plasmapheresis-associated complications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Autoimmune Disorders; Educational Package; Plasmapheresis; Associated Complications | ||
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