The Effect of Anxiety Levels and Psychological Resilience of Patients with Renal Transplant on the Health Behavior in the Covid-19 Outbreak
Abstract
Material and Method: Thirty-nine kidney transplant patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in our clinic and given to kidney transplant were included in the study. Between June 2020
and September 2020, an online google questionnaire consisting of scales measuring the levels of anxiety and psychological resilience and questions about health-related behaviors was prepared.
Results: There were no patients without anxiety according to the anxiety scale, 24 patients (61%) had moderate anxiety, 8 patients (20%) had moderate anxiety, and 7 patients (18%)
had severe anxiety levels. Anxiety and strength scales did not differ significantly according to primary disease, gender, socioeconomic or demographic data. The only statistical difference was
that the anxiety scale means of those who received information from professionals about the epidemic was higher than those who did not receive information from professionals about the
epidemic (p=0.045).
Conclusion: In extraordinary situations and periods such as the epidemic we are in, profilactive, preventive and therapeutic tele-medicine applications should be put on the agenda primarily for patients with special and risky patients such as kidney transplant patients
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Orhan Kara
Türkiye
Betül Pehlivan Zorlu
Türkiye
Ayşe Kutlu
This is me
Türkiye
Ebru Yılmaz
Türkiye
Fatma Devrim
Türkiye
Büşra Koç
0000-0003-1191-0491
Türkiye
Özlem Dur
Türkiye
Nida Dinçel
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Türkiye
Publication Date
December 25, 2020
Submission Date
December 18, 2020
Acceptance Date
December 23, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 8 Number: 3