Effect of Counseli
Effect
of Counseling on Self-Care Management among Adult Patients with Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
Howyida, S. Abd ElHameed1,
Heba, A.Aly2, Abeer, Y.Mahdy2
1Community Health Nursing Department, 2Medical
Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University
Abstract: Today,
tuberculosis is still one of the major public health problems in many places in
the world especially in Africa and Asia. The aim of this study was to evaluate
the effect of counseling on self-care management among adult patients with
pulmonary tuberculosis (T.B). An intervention design was conducted at homes of
pulmonary patients with tuberculosis who attended at Benha Chest Hospital
during the years 2010. The sample was composed of 100 adult patients
with tuberculosis. Two tools were utilized in this study: 1)A structured
interview questionnaire to collect data about general characteristics of
patients and their knowledge about the disease.2) An observational checklist
for assessing T.B patient’s self-care and home condition. Results revealed that
significant improvement in patient’s knowledge and practice post implementation
of the health educational counseling. This study concluded that after the
counseling implementation there was a significant improvement on participants’
physical, social and psychological conditions. The study recommended that
health education intervention should be carried out for all new T.B cases at
the chest clinics about T.B self-care, and continuous health education to all old
cases attending at chest clinics for follow up to upgrade their knowledge and
practice related to T.B self-care management at home
[Howyida, S. Abd ElHameed, Heba, A.Aly and Abeer, Y.Mahdy. Effect of
Counselling on Self-Care Management among Adult Patients with Pulmonary
Tuberculosis. Life Science Journal 2012;9(1):956-964]. (ISSN:
1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 139
Key word: Counseling, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Adult
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