Ian Couper, Julia Blitz, Therese Fish
IDEAL: Maintaining PHC-focused training in a MBChB programme through a COVID-induced innovation
African journal of primary health care & family medicine
hemodialysis patients undergo hemodialysis two three times week must live together dialysis machine patients selfparticipation combine patients experience professional knowledge influence care successful selfparticipation experience empowers patients adapt living hemodialysis however studies conducted regarding subjective experiences patient participation lack selfparticipation dialysis life scale hemodialysis patients therefore study aims develop evaluate selfparticipation dialysis life scale hemodialysis patients items selfparticipation dialysis life scale confirmed qualitative interviews based grounded theory expert content validity evaluation 435 hemodialysis patients purposively sampled hemodialysis centers two regional teaching hospitals taiwan descriptive statistics principal axis factoring reliability analysis pearsons correlation oneway anova used data analysis results show item scalecontent validity indices 096 073 respectively scale divided two scales first part scale perceptions hemodialysis including two factors overall explain 6634 cumulative variances second part scale selfparticipation hemodialysis including four factors overall explain 5891 cumulative variances cronbachs 0812 perceptions hemodialysis 0959 selfparticipation hemodialysis respectively selfparticipation dialysis life scale good reliability validity used evaluate implementation patients selfparticipation hemodialysis life discussing consulting patients based characteristics life priorities desired life dialysis essential highquality clinical care among hemodialysis patients