Abstract
Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) causes at least 2.4 million deaths per year and is now the 6th fastest leading cause of death. Over 2 million people worldwide currently receive treatment with dialysis. Hence the use of arteriovenous fistula is increasing day by day along with this the risk of complications are also increasing therefore enhancing the home care management of AV fistula is particularly important for patients undergoing hemodialysis with AV Fistula. An experimental: one group pre-test, post-test design study was conducted among 35 hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistula at KLES’ Suchirayu Hospital Nephro Care Health Service Centre, Hubballi. The samples were selected using non-probability; convenient Sampling Technique. Data was collected by structure knowledge questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Overall results of the study revealed that out of 35 subjects, distribution of level of knowledge regarding home care management of AV fistula in the pre-test 23(65.72%) had average knowledge, 07(20%) had poor knowledge and 05(14.28%) had good knowledge. Whereas, in post-test after administration of informational booklet 31(88.58%) had good knowledge and 04(11.42%) had average knowledge and none of them had poor knowledge regarding home care management of arteriovenous fistula. The study concluded that, informational booklet was effective in improving the knowledge regarding home care management of arteriovenous fistula among patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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