Educational Technologies Focused on the Chronic Renal Patients Aiming to the Self-Care Promotion

[...]when this self-care is carried out effectively, it can help maintain the structural integrity and human functioning, contributing to its development.3 Accordingly, for the effectiveness of these self-care activities, a dialogic construction is necessary, so that professionals and patients understand that their success depends on shared negotiation. [...]it is important to investigate what technologies are being used in health education for chronic renal patients on self-care in order to make nursing interventions more effective in this clientele. [...]this study meant to identify the technologies focused on the health education of chronic renal patients aiming to promote the self-care. According to the publications, nine surveys were published in nursing journals, while seven articles were in periodicals of other health areas. According to the type of renal treatment, patients underwent, in most articles, patients received hemodialysis treatment (62.5%), while in 18.75% of the studies they underwent conservative treatment and, in one publication, treatment was performed by peritoneal dialysis.