Assessment the effect of small message service (SMS) follow up on self efficacy in dialysis patients

Dialysis therapy and its side effect is a major health problem yet. Dialysis can''t cause patients survival alone and along with that، patient should adhere to therapy regimen and following up of that by health provider is essential. High self efficacy leads to high adherence and reduce mental and physical wellbeing. The aim of this study is assessment the effect of SMS follow up on self efficacy of dialysis patients. This study is a clinical. 70 dialysis patients were randomly assigned to two groups (training and training with follow up). Both groups were given training in person with the disease in through two sessions and for the follow-up group after training were sent text messages 6 times a week for 6 weeks. Using a check list، the self efficacy of patients was measured before and after training and after 6 weeks in both groups. Demographic data and patient satisfaction rates were evaluated using a questionnaire. In order to face validity، reference text books and reliable and valid literature were reviewed. Alpha cronbakh 79% was determined for reliability. Data in the two groups was analyzed using t test and chi-square (SPSS v. 20). The mean self efficacy score in comparison of before and after 2 weeks of training with the training group (P=0. 000) and follow-up group (P=0. 000)، there was a significant difference. There was significant difference in Mean self efficacy score differences between before and after 6 weeks of training in the training group (1. 88±9. 43) and in follow-up group (6. 62±9. 5). Training with follow-up through text messages in hemodialysis patients could possibly be effective in reducing the problems of patients with self efficacy. The cost-effectiveness of this method is recommended to follow hemodialysis patients.