Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Self Care Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Selected Hospital of Punjab, India

Bhuvanesh Shukla; Amandeep Kaur

doi:10.51611/iars.irj.v2i1.2012.16

Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Self Care Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Selected Hospital of Punjab, India

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Bhuvanesh Shukla Jaipur Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, INDIA
Amandeep Kaur SBS Institute of Nursing, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51611/iars.irj.v2i1.2012.16

Keywords:

Hemodialysis, Self-Care

Abstract

Self-care is the performance or practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform to maintain life, health, and well being. Hemodialysis patients must be able to perform self-care tasks in order to prevent complications and live life productively. A descriptive study to assess knowledge and attitude regarding self care among patients undergoing Hemodialysis in selected hospital, Punjab was done. The study was conducted on the patients from the dialysis unit of the Patel Hospital, Jalandhar, Punjab immediately above the abstract; it sets the footnote at the bottom of this column.

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Author Biography

Bhuvanesh Shukla, Jaipur Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, INDIA

Head of Department and professor of Pediatrics,
Jaipur Hospital, Jaipur,
Rajasthan, INDIA

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2012-02-08

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012): IARS' International Research Journal

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Peer Reviewed Research Manuscript

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Shukla, B. and Kaur, A. (2012) “Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Self Care Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Selected Hospital of Punjab, India”, IARS’ International Research Journal, 2(1). doi:10.51611/iars.irj.v2i1.2012.16.