The Effect of Enhancing Family Health Management to Prevention Peritonitis Behavior Among Persons With Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Abstract

A single arm quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effects of an enhancing family health management behavior on preventing peritonitis behavior among persons with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). A total of 20 families with CAPD that met the inclusion criteria were studied. The study was conducted at community from June to September, 2019. All 20 families with CAPD patients received the family health management behavior program, design based on Gray, the intervention included: (1) home visit to assess context dimension and preventing peritonitis behavior  (2)Families meeting to reflecting family situation and family needs (3)Family planning and implementing by coaching (4)Monitoring and problem solving by telephone  (5) Post assessment. The instruments used were the Demographic Questionnaire, the preventing peritonitis behavior instrument. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test.

The findings showed that participants had significantly increased their mean score on family health management behavior and after finished program increased in preventing peritonitis behaviors score in personal; family and whole (p<.05). These results demonstrated that the family health management behavior program can increase in preventing peritonitis behavior score. Nurses and healthcare providers can apply this program to promote shared care between patients and their families. Future research should focus on larger groups of patients using more rigorous research designs.