Wattana Langnak. The relationship between stimuli frame and structure provider with uncertainty in illness in structure provider with uncertainty in illness in patients with hemodialysis. Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2008.
The relationship between stimuli frame and structure provider with uncertainty in illness in structure provider with uncertainty in illness in patients with hemodialysis
Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive research was to examine the level of uncertainty
and the relationship between stimuli frame (duration of hemodialysis, number of
complications and severity of complications), structure provider (education level of
patients with hemodialysis and perceived support from nurse) and uncertainty, in
patients with end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. The study population
was patients receiving hemodialysis at the Hemodialysis Unit, The kidney Foundation
of Thailand, Priest Hospital. The data collection was conducted from November 2006
to January 2007. One hundred and fifty patients were recruited using the purposive
sampling technique. Data collection instruments consisted of three questionnaires;
demographic questionnaire, perceived support from nurse questionnaire, and the
Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale- Community Form. Data was analyzed using
frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation and Preasons Product Moment
Correlation.
The results revealed that the level of uncertainty in illness in these patients was
moderate. Only one variable in stimuli frame, duration of hemodialysis, had statistical
significance: with a low negative correlation with level of uncertainty (p < 0 .05). In
the structure provider variable, education level of patients with hemodialysis had a
significantly low negative correlation with uncertainty (p < 0 .05), while perceived
support from nurses was statisticaly significant with a low negative correlation with
uncertainty (p < 0 .01). In conclusion, patients receiving hemodialysis treatment for
longer periods of time, having a higher education level, and receiving more perceived
support from nurses felt that they had less uncertainty than others. Therefore, nurses
should provide more support for new patients and patients with a low level of
education, to reduce thin uncertainty.