Effectiveness of patient education based on Professional Collaboration of Care Centered Model (PCCC) on self- care in patients on Hemodialysis

Abstractintroduction: dialysis patients experience difficulties such as physical performance deterioration and challenging with self-care. the purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of patient education based on professional collaboration of care centered model (pccc) on self-care. materials & methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out to determine the effects of the professional collaboration care centered model on self-care in patients on hemodialysis. this was carried out on the dialysis outpatients who referred to dialysis center of golestan hospital in ahvaz in 2013. based on a 3-month average serum phosphorus > 6.0 mg/dl in long-term, 30 patients were randomly selected to complete the study (after education being named in the experimental group and before that in the control group). all patients were given a before-and-after knowledge test. they had monthly blood samples drawn to evaluate their performance on self-care.results: at baseline, there were no significant differences noted in any of the laboratory values, but the knowledge level of the experimental group was greater (p < 0.05) after 6 months, knowledge gain was significantly higher in the intervention group, and the serum phosphorus and calcium/phosphorus product levels were significantly lower (p < 0.01) than in the control group.conclusion: based on this research, patients who underwent pccc model showed positive changes, which may be beneficial in reducing complications of hemodialysis.keywords : hemodialysis, self-care, professional collaboration care centered model, dialysis patient, patient education.