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Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5307versión On-line ISSN 2216-0280
Resumen
DE-ARAUJO-FERREIRA, Jeysse Karla et al. Knowledge: disease process in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2018, vol.36, n.2, e04. ISSN 0120-5307. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v36n2e04.
Objective
To identify the relationship between socioeconomic variables and nursing outcome indicators Knowledge: disease process.
Methods
This is a cross-sectional study involving 51 patients undergoing hemodialysis at a public nephrology hospital in a city in northeastern Brazil. A questionnaire covering sociodemographic information and the 15 nursing outcome indicators Knowledge: disease process.
Results
A statistically significant but weak correlation was found between age and the indicators Specific process of the disease (r =-0.28), Cause and contributing factors (r=-0.36), Signs and symptoms of the disease (r=0.30), Signs and symptoms of complications of the disease (r=-0.37), Precautions to prevent complications of the disease (r=-0.35); number of years of schooling and the indicators Specific process of the disease (r=0.29), Cause and contributing factors (r=0.28), and Signs and symptoms of the disease (r=0.34). There were significant and moderate correlations of age with the indicator Psychosocial effect of the disease in the individual (r=-0.41), in the family (r=-0.44) and benefits of disease control (r=-0.48). Sex was related only to the indicator Specific process of the disease (p=0.03).
Conclusion
There was no relationship between some indicators of the outcome Knowledge: disease process with the sociodemographic variables in patients undergoing hemodialysis, a fact that underscores the importance of implementing nursing interventions that take into account the particularities of the individuals.
Palabras clave : renal insufficiency, chronic; renal dialysis; nursing process; knowledge; health education; standardized nursing terminology.