The effect of case management with haemodialysis patients on the health perception and the symptoms: The case of Turkey
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Objectives: To establish whether case management had an effect on health perceptions and symptom relief in haemodialysis patients. Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted from March to December 2013 in Ankara, Turkey, at three private dialysis centres providing haemodialysis therapy. It comprised chronic haemodialysis patients who were divided into experimental and control groups. In the first interview, the experimental group was provided with extensive training about haemodialysis and a three-month follow-up was conducted through case management. The control group was provided training only in the final interview. Data was collected using the scale for perception of health in haemodialysis patients and the scale for complaints/symptoms in haemodialysis patients. SPSS 20 was used for analysis. Results: Of the 80 patients, 40(50%) were in each group. There was no significant difference in scale for perception of health in haemodialysis patients scores between first and final interviews (p>0.05), whereas the scale for complaints/symptoms in haemodialysis patients scores were lower in the final interview compared to the first p<0.05). In the control group, the scale for perception of health in haemodialysis patients scores were higher in the final interview compared to first (p<0.05). Conclusion: Case management was found to be an effective method for minimising negative health perceptions and complaints and symptoms in haemodialysis patients.