Effects of the life net work of health education for CKD on health behavior in patients with 1 to 3 stage of chronic kidney diseases

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of the life net work of health education on health behavior in patients with 1 to 3 stage of chronic kidney diseases （ CKD ） .Methods The study used an experimental design, and 98 patients were randomly allocated to the control group or the intervention group .The patients in the control group received routine nursing care .The patients in the intervention group received individual , systematic and continued CKD health education . The intervention time span was three months . Two questionnaires were used for data collection , which were a general information sheet of patients and health behavior questionnaire .Results Before the intervention , the health behaviors between groups had no significant differences （P〉0.05）.The average score on health behavior and the scores of healthy sense of responsibility , nutrition, interpersonal relations , physical activity , mental health and stress management of the control group were （149.31 ±5.68）, （20.45 ±3.71）, （27.87 ±7.56）, （26.37 ±1.54）, （24.54 ±3.58）, （23.55 ± 7.21） and （28.35 ±4.82）, respectively.Those scores of the control group were （97.54 ±2.85）, （16.35 ± 5.11）, （15.79 ±2.97）, （17.82 ±4.98）, （15.76 ±6.72）,（12.39 ±2.18） and （19.37 ±1.14）.There were significant differences between groups （P〈0.01）.Conclusions The life net work of health education for CKD patients can enhance patients ’ health behavior and then improve patients ’ quality of life . Key words: Chronic kidney diseases; Health behavior; Quality of life