Hatice Ikiisik, Beyzanur Ozkaptan, Mustafa Cakir, Isil Maral
Assessment of the general health status of children in Turkey: A community-based cross-sectional study
Child: care, health and development
chronic kidney disease ckd refers permanent damage kidneys occurs gradually time progression may preventable depending stage study developed evaluate effect health literacy education program hlep mental health renal functioning patients ckd singleblind randomized controlled trial study conducted data collected march 25 december 18 2021 participants randomly assigned either experimental group n 42 received multidisciplinary care hlep control group n 42 received multidisciplinary care data collected baseline t1 month 3 t2 month 6 t3 data included patient characteristics estimated glomerular filtration rate responses mandarin multidimensional health literacy questionnaire beck depression inventory 6 months hlep intervention results generalized estimating equations analysis showed compared control group experimental group significantly higher health literacy month 3 337 95 ci 568 106 significantly improved depression month 3 224 95 ci 411 037 month 6 436 95 ci 660 212 significantly higher estimated glomerular filtration rate month 6 587 95 ci 135 1038 findings study may provide reference healthcare providers educate patients stage 34 ckd using hlep positive effects health literacy depression renal function patients stage 34 ckd observed short term findings study may facilitate implementation multidisciplinary nurseled strategies primary care reinforce patients health literacy selfcare ability adjustment ckd well delay disease progression