Self-Care Management of Kidney Stone Patients

Salah El-din Amin, Samar; Mahmoud Soliman, Nawal; Said Sabry, Samah

doi:10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247676

Self-Care Management of Kidney Stone Patients

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

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¹ B.Cs. of Nursing (2009), Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

² Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University, Egypt

³ Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

10.21608/jnsbu.2022.247676

Abstract

Background: Kidney stone is a common and important problem affected urinary system
due to changing the lifestyle and diet. Self-care management has a great effect in improving and
health status of the patients. Aim of the study: Was to assess self-care management of kidney
stones patients. Design: A descriptive research design. Settings: This study was conducted at
Urology Outpatient Clinics of Benha University Hospital. Sampling: A convenient sample of
kidney stone patients who attending in previously mentioned setting for six months (200 patients).
Data collection tools: Two tools were used to conduct this study; I. A structured interviewing
questionnaire. II. Kidney stone patients' practices about self-care management. Results: More than
two fifths of the studied patients had poor total knowledge about kidney stone. While more than one
third of them had average total knowledge about kidney stone. Less than three quarters of the
studied patients had average total score of self-care pattern. While almost one fifth of them had
good total score of self-care pattern. Conclusions: There was highly statistically significant relation
between studied patients’ demographic characteristics and their total knowledge score moreover;
there was highly statistically significant relation between studied patients’ demographic
characteristics and their total score of self-care pattern. Less than three quarters of studied patients
had average total score of self-care pattern and less than half of studied patients had poor total
knowledge about kidney stone. Recommendations: Developing and implementing educational
program for kidney stone patients to improve self-care management.

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