title: Effect of an educational program on awareness about peritoneal dialysis among patients on hemodialysis.
abstract: Several years after the initial usage of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), the percentage of patients using this continues to be very low constituting about 15% of all patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study, we attempt to define the impact of an educational program for improving the use of CAPD. This is a quasi-experimental study (before-after) conducted with educational materials including workshop, teaching by booklet and showing educational films, performed in Urmia, Iran. We designed a questionnaire for data collection and enrolled 160 patients with an aim-based sampling method. We used descriptive statistics and Friedman test for analysis in SPSS software version 11.5. The overall patients' information about CAPD defined by total scoring was as follows: 75% had little information; 19% had moderate information and 6% of patients were well informed. All the information levels increased after intervention. Our study suggests that the poor utilization of CAPD is due to relative un-awareness about PD and/or lack of adequate facilities.
authors.affiliation: Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghafari
authors.forename: Nariman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sepehrvand
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatami
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahmadnejad
authors.forename: Barzan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ayubian
authors.forename: Robab
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maghsudi
authors.forename: Catauon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kargar
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010174:Pamphlets; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012984:Software