The effect of care program on the Compliance of patients awaiting liver transplantation

Compliance of patients in need of liver transplantation is impaired due to many reasons, and this affects the pre and post outcomes and complications of transplantation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a care program on the compliance of patients awaiting liver transplantation.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2018 on 117 patients waiting liver transplantation in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Tehran. Based on entry criteria, the samples were selected purposefully and their compliance was evaluated. Then, a care program was implemented for them. The data collection tool was a compliance questionnaire, which was completed before and six weeks after the intervention. Data analysis was done by SPSS software.

The results showed that, the compliance of diet and medication improved after the implementation of care program in patients waiting for liver transplantation (P<0.01). But there was no significant relationship with physical activity.

The results of this study indicated a positive effect of the care program on improving the compliance of diet and medication in patients awaiting liver transplantation. Eliminating the problems of these patients requires the attention and support of planners and the cooperation of managers in order to develop care programs that can be used by healthcare professionals, especially nurses.