IMPROVING SELF-EFFICIENCY AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF DIALYZED PATIENTS - AN INTERVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM
IMPROVING SELF-EFFICIENCY AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF DIALYZED PATIENTS - AN INTERVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM

Summary/Abstract: Chronic renal disease is one of the most invalidating disease producing major changes in patients life. Furthermore, it challenges the patient to adapt to a new and fully restrictive regime marked by significant loss in the usual diet, drinking habits, social, sexual and professional behaviors. The treatment by itself forces the patient to cope with a new daily program and medicine intake. Considering all these major and sudden changes, the patient compliance is one of the most important concerns of the care team. Our study aims to describe the conditions influencing patients’ compliance and to propose an intervention training program aiming to raise the compliance. Considering the self - efficiency as the mechanism that influences levels of compliance, we have analyzed statistically significant relationships using Pearson-2 tailed correlation. Considering the self - efficiency as the mechanism that influences levels of compliance, we have analyzed statistically significant relationships using Pearson-2 tailed correlation. Our results can prove that for the whole group a greater level of self-efficiency induces a greater level of compliance. Our approach presumes that self - efficiency can be controlled and enhanced by a variety of behavioral marks. The new technological resources as smartphone applications can be seen as the support of enabling these patients category to take control of their life and to have a greater level of treatment compliance.

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