dc.contributor.author | Mwesigwa, Racheal Nakimuli | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-21T15:40:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-21T15:40:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-02-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mwesigwa, R.N. (2023) Health literacy and self-care behaviors among Chronic kidney disease patients at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/15735 | |
dc.description | A research dissertation submitted to the department of nursinginpartial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, Makerere University. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Health literacy is a chief determinant of the care of patients with kidney
diseases. It impacts patient engagement in healthy behaviors. Patients with chronic
disease who engage in self-care behaviours have an improved health status.There is
meagre information on health literacy and self-care behaviors among CKD patients in
Uganda. Therefore, this study assessed the level of health literacy and self-care
behaviours so as to plan interventions to improve them.
Objective: To determine the level of health literacy and self-care behaviours among
chronic kidney disease patients at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital.
Methods: This was a quantitative study and it involved 196 CKD patients at Kiruddu
National Referral Hospital using researcher-administered questionnaires. Data were
analyzed using SPSS Version 26. Descriptive data was summarized as frequencies,
percentages, means and standard deviation.
Results: In this study, 50.50% of the participants had high levels of health literacy with a
mean of 49.78±11.19 and median of 51 while 53.06% of the participants had high levels
of self-care behaviours with a mean of 65.39±7.11 and median of 67. The least scored
dimension of health literacy was functional HL with 13.80±6.55 while the highest scored
dimension was communicative health literacy with 20.21±4.57. Exercise, with 5.59±3.66,
had the lowest scores of self-care behaviours while medication adherence had the
highest mean scores as 22.87±3.21 in the self-care behaviours dimension.
Conclusion: The level of health literacy and self-care behaviours was moderate.The
Ministry of Health, hospital administrators and health care providers need to review the
policies and programs regarding continuous patient education. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Health literacy and self care behaviours | en_US |
dc.subject | Health literacy | en_US |
dc.subject | Self care behaviours | en_US |
dc.subject | Chronic kidney disease patients | en_US |
dc.subject | Kiruddu National Referral Hospital | en_US |
dc.title | Health literacy and self-care behaviors among Chronic kidney disease patients at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |