Hamdy, H. (2025). Assessment of the Awareness and Self- Efficacy of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy Regarding Health Condition.. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(10), 589-605. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.371632.1306
Hossam Eldein Hamdy. "Assessment of the Awareness and Self- Efficacy of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy Regarding Health Condition.". Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4, 10, 2025, 589-605. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.371632.1306
Hamdy, H. (2025). 'Assessment of the Awareness and Self- Efficacy of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy Regarding Health Condition.', Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 4(10), pp. 589-605. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.371632.1306
Hamdy, H. Assessment of the Awareness and Self- Efficacy of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy Regarding Health Condition.. Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice, 2025; 4(10): 589-605. doi: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.371632.1306
Assessment of the Awareness and Self- Efficacy of Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy Regarding Health Condition.
CRITICAL CARE NURSING, FACULTY OF NURSING HELWAN UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Background: Hepatic encephalopathy is a reversible syndrome observed in patients with advanced liver dysfunction. So, awareness and self-efficacy to patients are important for understanding psychological, cognitive and physical function. Aim of the study: To assess the awareness and self- efficacy of patients with hepatic encephalopathy regarding health condition. Research design: A descriptive exploratory design was used in this study. Sample: Purposive sample Size: 60 adult patients of both gender with hepatic encephalopathy grade I and grade II Setting: Intermediate care unit and in patients’ medical wards at National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Institute in Cairo affiliated to Hospitals and Educational Institutes Authority. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection Tool I: Patient demographic characteristics; Tool II: Health condition Awareness assessment questioner Tool III: Self-efficacy related to patients’ management of hepatic encephalopathy. Results: The results indicated that 60% of the studied patients has a satisfactory level of total knowledge regarding hepatic encephalopathy Regarding total health condition awareness, 63.3% of them had satisfactory level of total general health condition awareness, (66.7%) has high self-efficacy regarding hepatic encephalopathy, 26.7% of them had low level of total health condition dimension of hepatic encephalopathy. Conclusion: There was statistically significant correlation between the studied patients total knowledge Regarding hepatic encephalopathy and awareness, self-efficacy and health condition . Recommendation: Educational program should do for each hepatic patient in simplified term and containing simple pictures about awareness of hepatic encephalopathy to provide patient with the needed information.
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