Ineffective health management in hemodialysis patients: content analysis

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 1825 - 1831
• Main Authors: Paiva, Maria das Graças Mariano Nunes de, Tinôco, Jéssica Dantas de Sá, Silva, Fernanda Beatriz Batista Lima E, Dantas, Juliane Rangel, Lopes, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira, Lira, Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Content analysis; Female; Fistula; Health promotion; Hemodialysis; Humans; Kidney diseases; Male; Medical diagnosis; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing Diagnosis; Nursing Diagnosis - methods; Objectives; Patient assessment; Patient Care Management - methods; Patient Care Management - standards; Qualitative research; Renal Dialysis; Renal Dialysis - nursing; Taxonomy; Validation Studies; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0682

To analyze the content of the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Health Management in hemodialysis patients. The Nursing Diagnoses Validation Model by Lopes, Silva and Auraújo was used in this research. A semi-structured questionnaire and evaluated the definition, location, defining characteristics, and related factors of the diagnosis Ineffective Health Management was answered by 22 experts in nursing diagnosis. The analysis was conducted from August 2014 to January 2015. Experts considered the proposed definition and the current location in the taxonomy II by the NANDA-I, Domain 1 Health Promotion, Class 2 Health Control, adequate to the diagnosis. The adequacy level adopted at 85% or p > 0.05 were above 10 defining characteristics and 24 related factors. Experts also suggested that one defining characteristic should become a related factor and that three factors should turn into defining characteristics. A new proposal was developed for the diagnosis under study after the analysis of experts.