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The Effect of Arteriovenous Fistula Care Training Given to Hemodialysis Patients on Quality of Life, Comfort and Self-Care Behaviours
Sponsor: Kafkas University
Summary
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of Arterio-Venous Fistula (AVF) care training given to hamodialysis patients on quality of life, comfort and self-care behaviours. Patient education is one of the practices that help patients to gain self-care behaviours as well as reducing the cost of health expenditures. Nurses are health professionals who play an important role in patient education. Nurses provide patient education by using different materials. These materials can sometimes be mobile phones, videos, web-based applications, sometimes face-to-face interviews with patients, brochures or written materials. In this study, a training programme for AVF care will be developed. In addition, it is expected that the AVF care training to be given to HD patients will increase the quality of life and comfort areas, and increase the awareness and well-being levels of patients in self-care behaviours. The effectiveness of the study will be expanded by presenting the results of the research as a paper in an international comprehensive congress. An article of the study will be published in a journal scanned in international indexes and will be included in the literature.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2025-09
Completion Date
2026-09
Last Updated
2025-05-13
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Training group
Patients in the intervention group will receive AVF care training. The training will last for 8 weeks and is planned to be given once a week. In the first session, the patients in the intervention group will be introduced. Afterwards, general information will be provided about the purpose and applications of AVF training and the importance of participation in training will be emphasized. Afterwards, patients who agree to participate in the study will sign an informed consent form. In addition, the Patient Information Form, SF-12 Quality of Life Short Form, the Comfort Scale for Hemodialysis Patients and the Scale for Assessing Self-Care Behaviors Related to Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients will be given and asked to answer. For those who cannot read or write, the researchers will read the survey forms. In the first session, the pre-test data of the patients will be collected and then the training books will be given.