Key result
Higher self-care behavior is linked to reduced body image concern in hemodialysis patients.
Why the study?
No research had investigated the relationship between self-care behavior and body image concerns in hemodialysis patients.
Cross-Sectional (n=280)
No
In hemodialysis patients, better self-care behaviors and older age are associated with reduced body image anxiety, while female sex is the strongest predictor of increased anxiety.
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May inform supportive care strategies in hemodialysis; leaves open causality and requires prospective trials.
Background and Aim: Hemodialysis treatment saves the life of people with end-stage renal disease (ERDS), but does not prevent the suffering of the disease, anxiety, hopelessness, and so on. Many studies have been performed on self-care behaviors as well as body image in different patients, but so far, no research has been done to investigate the relationship between self-care behavior and body image concerns in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, the aims of this study are to determine the relationship between self-care behavior and body image concern in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate Self-care Behavior and Concerns about Body Image in a convenience sample of 280 patients with ERDS. Measures included demographic factors, health characteristics, and validated instruments of the study constructs Body Image Concern Questionnaire (BICI) and Assessment of self-care behaviors with arteriovenous fistula (ASBHD-AVF). These variables explain 7.5% of predictors. Conclusion: Although the findings of the present study showed that increasing age and improving the level of self-care behaviors in patients undergoing hemodialysis reduces body image anxiety, but women were the strongest predictor of body image anxiety.
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Nia et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in End-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (n=280). Self-care behavior was evaluated on Body image concern (measured by Body Image Concern Questionnaire) (β = -0.164, 95% CI -0.324 to -0.055, p=0.006). Higher levels of self-care behavior were significantly associated with reduced body image concern among patients undergoing hemodialysis (β = -0.164, p = 0.006).
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