Abstract:
Objective To study the status and relationship between self-management behaviors and health condition in kidney transplantation recipients after hospitalization.
Methods with convenient sampling method,kidney transplantation recipients from two hospitals in Guangzhou city were chosen and evaluated on their self-management behaviors and health condition using Self-management Behaviors Measuring Scale and SF-36.
Results A total of 203 eligible questionnaires was collected from 230 kidney transplantation recipients and the eligible rate was 88.26%.In the recipients,the time spent in areobic exercise was 117.86±98.29 minutes perweek and the average time spent in streng thorstreng thening exercises was 27.41±47.61 minutes perweek.The average score of cognitive symptom management practice was 1.37±0.84,and that of communication with phy sicians was 1.96±0 93.The incidence rate of postoperative complication was 72.90%.The most common complications after kidney transplantation were infection(32.51%),medicamentous liver lesion(29.10%),hypertension(25.60%),acute rejection(18.72%),and diabetes(5.90%).There were positive correlations between self-management behaviors and total level of quality of life and its subscales(
r=0.164-0.853,
P<0.05).
Conclusion It is necessary for medical staff to provide health education on self-management,behaviors for kidney transplantation recipients after hospitalization to improve their quality of life and to decrease the incidence of postoperative complications.