The Effect of Continues Care Model on Adherence to Treatment in Hemodialysis Patients

any change in health situation will affect the role of the nurse. Since the adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients plays a significant role  and Failure to comply with it may have dangerous side effects and even death, so nurse as one of the pillars of treatment can reduce such Complications with his/her educational role in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to assess the effect of utilization of Continuous care model on adherence to treatment.

This study is a clinical trial with a purposive ambling technique, After selection according to inclusion criteria, 98 hemodialysis patients from baqiatolah and chamran hospital were Randomly divided into two experimental and control group, three months of continuous care intervention on the experimental group was conducted And by the end of each month adherence to treatment status of patients in both groups was evaluated and compared with the Kim exclusive questionnaire of adherence to treatment.

adherence to treatment trend of changein the intervention group was increase inguinal three stages of evaluation which this difference was statistically significant (P=0/0001).

Due to the significant increase in adherence to treatment after applying continuous care model, teaching the self-care skills to this group of patients and also other chronic diseases is recommended.