The Effect of Education Given to Hemodialysis Patients on Drug and Diet Compliance, Quality of Life, Self-Care Agency

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the education given to the patients hemodialysis on their selfcare agency and quality of life. Material and Method: The study was conducted in accordance with pretest posttest one group design. The study was conducted between 2015 and 2017. The population of the study consisted of 65 patients who received the treatment of chronic renal failure in the hemodialysis service and agreed to participate voluntarily in the study. "Questionnaire", "Self-Care Agency Scale", and "KDQOL-36" were used in the study. Pretest was used in the first measurement and after completing the education, the posttest was applied. When the mean scores of the patients for the KDQOL-36 Scale subscale were compared as the pretest and posttest, it was determined that after the educations, posttest mean scores increased in all subscales. Results: The education given to the patients significantly reduced their non-compliance to diet, medication nonadherence and compliance to salt consumption and enhanced their life quality.