Self-Care Management of Kidney Stone Patients | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Article 37, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 556-570 PDF (1.27 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247676 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar Salah El-din Amin* 1; Nawal Mahmoud Soliman2; Samah Said Sabry3 | ||
| 1B.Cs. of Nursing (2009), Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University, Egypt | ||
| 3Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Kidney stone is a common and important problem affected urinary system due to changing the lifestyle and diet. Self-care management has a great effect in improving and health status of the patients. Aim of the study: Was to assess self-care management of kidney stones patients. Design: A descriptive research design. Settings: This study was conducted at Urology Outpatient Clinics of Benha University Hospital. Sampling: A convenient sample of kidney stone patients who attending in previously mentioned setting for six months (200 patients). Data collection tools: Two tools were used to conduct this study; I. A structured interviewing questionnaire. II. Kidney stone patients' practices about self-care management. Results: More than two fifths of the studied patients had poor total knowledge about kidney stone. While more than one third of them had average total knowledge about kidney stone. Less than three quarters of the studied patients had average total score of self-care pattern. While almost one fifth of them had good total score of self-care pattern. Conclusions: There was highly statistically significant relation between studied patients’ demographic characteristics and their total knowledge score moreover; there was highly statistically significant relation between studied patients’ demographic characteristics and their total score of self-care pattern. Less than three quarters of studied patients had average total score of self-care pattern and less than half of studied patients had poor total knowledge about kidney stone. Recommendations: Developing and implementing educational program for kidney stone patients to improve self-care management. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Kidney stone; Knowledge; Self-care managements | ||
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