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Perit Dial Int 27(Supplement_2): 32-34 2007
© 2007 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
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Part 1: PD Development and Enhancement of PD Programs

EMPOWERMENT OF PATIENTS IN THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATION

Lan Wang, Jie Dong, Hong-Bin Gan and Tao Wang

Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; Institute of Nephrology, Peking University; and Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health, Beijing, PR China

Correspondence to: T. Wang, Institute of Nephrology, Peking University, 8, Xishiku Street, West District, Beijing 100034 PR China.
wangt{at}bjmu.edu.cn

The management and appropriate treatment of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is an ongoing challenge in current health care. We believe that health education—consisting of knowledge, skills, and self-awareness—is a useful mechanism for patient empowerment. Patients should have an awareness of their disease, and as health care providers, PD nurses have the role of focusing their patients on preventive care, rather than of simply training patients. An empowerment program is a valuable intervention for improving the self-management of patients. It can both improve quality of life and assist in rehabilitation.

KEY WORDS: KEY WORDS:; Empowerment; education; health care; rehabilitation.






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