Fistula Care and Mobile Health Applications in Hemodialysis Patients

"The arteriovenous fistula care mobile health application will be installed and promoted on the smart phones of the patients in the experimental group. Arteriovenous fistula care mobile health application will be installed in daytime groups during working hours during or at the end of dialysis according to the patient's request. In addition, the information contained in the arteriovenous care mobile health application will be verbally explained to the patients and their relatives, as well as shown in practice. The training results were evaluated by the researcher in the 1st and 3rd months in the Scale for Evaluation of Self-Care Behaviors Related to Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients, Final Level of Renal Failure Compliance Scale, Arteriovenous Fistula Care Education Knowledge Level Evaluation Form (Post-Training Section) and Visual Benchmarking Scale ."

"Patients in the control group will receive arteriovenous fistula care training and a training booklet will be given. The information contained in the booklet will be explained orally to the patients and their relatives by the researcher, and will also be shown in practice. The results of the training were determined by the researcher at the 1st and 3rd months of the Self-Care Behaviors Scale for Arteriovenous Fistula in Hemodialysis Patients, End Stage Renal Failure Compliance Scale, Arteriovenous Fistula Care Training Information Level Assessment Form (Post-training section) and Visual It will be evaluated with the Comparison Scale."