Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, College of Health Sciences.
Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IC-TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Hum Antibodies. 2021;29(1):41-47. doi: 10.3233/HAB-200423.
Chronic kidney disease and dialysis are associated with various complications.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between health literacy and quality of life among patients receiving hemodialysis in hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
In this study, a descriptive - correlational study design with 138 sample size was used. Convenience sampling was used to select the study participants. We collected the data on May-September 2019. Data collection was done using the HELIA and KDQOL SF™.
In this study, 133 respondents fully completed the questioners. The mean score of health literacy of the respondents was 49.03 (± 22.37) while the average score of quality of life of the respondents in this study was 53.01 (± 14.86).
Based on the findings, patients receiving haemodialysis had insufficient health literacy and a better quality of life. In order to address the health literacy needs of the patients, consideration of continuous health education and assessment in this patient subpopulation could gradually improve their health literacy and quality of life. Health care providers such as nurses could improve Health Literacy and substantially Quality of Life through interventions aimed at determining existing literacy needs in the long and short term treatment course for individual dialysis patients.
慢性肾脏病和透析会引起各种并发症。
本研究旨在确定德黑兰医科大学附属医院血液透析患者的健康素养与生活质量之间的关系。
本研究采用描述性相关性研究设计，样本量为 138。采用便利抽样法选取研究对象。我们于 2019 年 5 月至 9 月收集数据。使用 HELIA 和 KDQOL SF™ 收集数据。
本研究中，有 133 名受访者完整填写了问卷。受访者的健康素养平均得分为 49.03（±22.37），而受访者在本研究中的生活质量平均得分为 53.01（±14.86）。
根据研究结果，接受血液透析的患者健康素养不足，但生活质量较好。为了满足患者的健康素养需求，应考虑对该患者亚群进行持续的健康教育和评估，以逐步提高他们的健康素养和生活质量。护士等医疗保健提供者可以通过干预措施来提高健康素养和生活质量，这些干预措施旨在确定个体透析患者长期和短期治疗过程中的现有文化素养需求。
