AUTHOR=He Xiaoli , Wang Yu , Feng Chenchen , Luo Le , Khaliq Usama , Rehman Faheem Ur , Zhang Xinli 

TITLE=Preferring self-management behavior of patients with chronic kidney disease

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.973488

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.973488

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=This study explores the preferred behaviour of self-management among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and offers suggestions for different patients from personalized medicine. According to some related references， a questionnaire was designed in 2020 to collect data from 131 patients with CKD in a general hospital. The Sampling patients showed no difference in their disease progress. The questionnaire covered two aspects of demographic and behaviour with 29 items on six dimensions. Statistical methods such as a descriptive analysis of the F test in behaviour dimensions on demographic characteristics and Principal component analysis from items have been applied to classify some kinds of self-management behaviour into different groups. In the demographic insight, employment status closely relates to self-management behaviour, and income is insignificant. In the behaviour aspects, according to some key items, we found four types of self-­management behaviour preferred in the sorting: cognitive-knowledge, Diet-exercise-medical, emotion management, and exercise-medical, which were defined by behaviour dimensions. Although patients had the same disease progress, their self-management behaviour mainly existed in four types based on critical factors. According to their favourite behaviour and personality group, healthcare stakeholders can offer lean support for improving patients' self-management of chronic kidney disease in China.