Self-Care Behavior Profiles With Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients

Clemente Neves Sousa, Patrícia Marujo, Paulo Teles, Marta Nunes Lira, Vanessa Filipa Ferreira Dias and Maria Eulália Leite Mota Novais

Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, vol. 29, issue 6, 363-367

Abstract: Patients with end-stage renal disease should be educated and trained to take care of their own arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with the purpose of developing self-care behaviors concerning vascular access. This was a prospective and observational study. We designed this research to identify clinically meaningful self-care behavior profiles in hemodialysis (HD) patients, and it was carried out in a private dialysis unit in the Lisbon region, Portugal, involving 101 patients. The proportion of male patients was 66.3%, the mean age was 60.9 years, and the frequency of self-care behaviors was 71%. Cluster analysis based on the subscale scores grouped patients in two clusters named “moderate self-care†and “high self-care.†Those profiles exhibit significant differences concerning gender, education, employment, dialysis vintage, AVF duration, and information on care with the AVF. Identification of self-care-behavior profiles in HD patients with AVF enables one to adjust education programs to the patients’ characteristics.

Keywords: hemodialysis; vascular access; arteriovenous fistula; self-care; behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818787110

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