Health Needs and Self - Efficacy among Patients Post Kidney Transplantation: Outcomes of Intervention Guidelines

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of Intervention guidelines on health needs and self - efficacy among patients post kidney transplantation. Subjects and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study, that was conducted in the Kidney Transplantation Department and Outpatients` Clinics at Naser Institute and Ain Shams Specialized Hospitals. A purposive sample of (60) adult patients post kidney transplantation were taken from the above mentioned settings. The study tools were: 1) Patients, interviewing questionnaire (pre / post tests) to assess the studied patients health needs (physical, psychological, social, spiritual and educational) .2).Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (pre / posttests )to assess anxiety level. 3) General self-efficacy scale (pre / post tests) to predict coping with daily hassles. Results: More than half of the studied patients were male with secondary education and the majority of them had the age above 35 years. Pre guidelines there were a higher health needs and lower self - efficacy among them post kidney transplantation. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, the intervention guidelines had a positive effect on meeting the health needs (physical, social, psychological, spiritual and educational) among the studied patients post kidney transplantation. In addition , significant improvement was indicated in their self efficacy and reducing anxiety levels in post and follow – up tests .Recommendations: Further studies should be carried out on a large number of patients with kidney transplantation for generalization of the results.