Self-Care Compliance among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Focusing on Symptom Experiences, Perceived Health Status and Disease Status.
10.7739/jkafn.2018.25.3.165
- Author:
Mi Jeong YUN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Natural Science of Ulsan College, Ulsan, Korea. mjyun@uc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Liver Cirrhosis;
Self-care;
Compliance;
Health status;
Disease
- MeSH:
Busan;
Compliance*;
Humans;
Linear Models;
Liver Cirrhosis*;
Liver*;
Nursing;
Self Care*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2018;25(3):165-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to examine symptom experiences, perceived health status, disease status, and self-care compliance of patients with liver cirrhosis and to identify the factors that affect their self-care compliance. METHODS: The study design was a cross-sectional design and 148 patients who were being treated at D-university hospital in Busan participated in the survey. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Bonferroni test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS: The factors affecting self-care compliance were symptom experiences, disease status, age, and gender. These factors explained 21.6% of the variance in self-care compliance of patients with liver cirrhosis. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that nursing interventions that prevent patients' symptoms are needed to promote self-care compliance in patients with liver cirrhosis. The patient should also be helped to recognize the need for self-care compliance from an early stage.
