title: Implementing a central venous catheter self-management education program for patients with cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of the central venous catheter self-management education program (CVC S-MEP) in improving knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding CVC and in decreasing CVC-related complications in patients with cancer during homecare service.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental, sequential cohort design study of patients with cancer and who have CVCs was performed to compare the effect of CVC S-MEP with usual care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group consisted of 45 participants (26 male and 19 female), and the mean age was 46.1 (SD, 10.5) years. The subjects of the CVC S-MEP had significantly high mean levels of self-management knowledge (p = 0.007), attitude (p < 0.001), and behavior (p = 0.002). Also, the participants in the CVC S-MEP had significantly lower frequency of catheter-related complications (p = 0.030).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CVC S-MEP helped improve patients' ability to resolve problems and adequately respond to CVC-related emergency situations by fostering greater self-care ability. Additionally, providing practical information for CVC self-management in a gradual and repetitive manner had a notable positive effect on patients.
authors.affiliation: 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Korea. Electronic address: pjyun@ulsan.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jeong Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Attitude; Behavior; Cancer; Central venous catheter; Knowledge; Self-management