CONOCIMIENTO, ACTITUDES Y PRÁCTICAS SOBRE EL AUTOCUIDADO DE PACIENTES CON INSUFICIENCIA RENAL CRÓNICA. HOSPITAL NATALIA HUERTA DE NIEMES

Abstract

Chronic kidney failure is a major public health problem worldwide, which has a great impact on the patient, family and health systems. Being a chronic disease requires good management of it, that is why it is considered essential for the user to know about their pathology, maintain a good attitude, and also carry out correct self-care practices, which allow them to reduce the presentation complications. The present research work is of a qualitative, descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional type, which was carried out with the objective of analyzing knowledge, attitudes and practices about the self-care of patients with chronic renal failure admitted to the Natalia Huerta de Niemes Hospital, during the months from October 2020 to June 2021. To obtain the results, the entire universe made up of 68 patients was used, to whom a survey conducted by the authors was applied, which revealed the male sex as the predominant sex with a 66% and those over 60 years old with 41%, according to the place of residence, those who live in urban areas account for the highest percentage with 60%, regarding the level of schooling, 50% finished high school, according to the type of treatmente, 85% are hemodialyzed and 47% suffer from the disease between 4 to 6 years. It was concluded that kidney patients sometimes possess good knowledge about self-care, contrary to the prevailing attitudes, which is rarely good, with respect to the self-care practices that they perform more frequently, which are sometimes good.