Illness Perception of Turkish Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis: Similarities and Differences

Authors : Işın CANTEKİN, Sibel ARGUVANLI ÇOBAN, Esra KÖPRÜLÜ

Pages : 94-101

Doi:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.825018

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Publication Date : 2022-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the illness perception of Hemodialysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HD); and Peritoneal Dialysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PD); patients having endstage renal failure. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Organ Transplantation and Dialysis Hospital. Data were collected between January-June 2016. The study was conducted with a total of 93 individuals including 45 patients undergoing PD and 48 patients undergoing HD between the indicated dates. An information form and Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IPQ-R); were used as data collection instruments. Independent samples t test, one way anova and pearson correlation analysis were used to assess data. Results: Among the patients, mean duration of disease was 81.4±77.7 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HD: 82.7±93.5, PD: 80.1+60.1); months, mean duration of dialysis was 57.7±58.3 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HD: 58.6±67.0, PD: 56.8±49.4); months and mean number of comorbid diseases was 1.4±0.6 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(min: 1.0, max: 4.0);. 93.5% of the patients had familial support insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HD: 91.1%, PD: 95.8); and 69.9% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HD: 37.8%, PD: 100.0%); had taken a training about the disease and its treatment from healthcare professionals. It was also found that mean scores of PD patients from IPQ-R subscales including personal control, illness coherence and timeline acute/chronic were found to be significantly higher than HD patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was determined that HD patients perceived their illnesses as more challenging compared to PD patients. Therefore, especially HD patients may be given disease-related trainings with the onset of their treatment process and a psychological support may be recommended to accept their chronic diseases.
Keywords : hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, illness perception