ınvertıgation of self-care agency and affecting factors in heart transplant patients

Aim: The research was performed to determine self-care agency and affecting factors of those heart transplant patients. Methods: The survey was descriptive. Heart transplanted patients in a university hospital were constituted the universe of the study. The participants were 50 people. Data were gained both by using a questionnaire form for determining demographic properties and a self-care agency scale. For statistical analysis Kruskal-Wallis test and Man-Whitmey U test were used. Results: Self-care agency score was found to be as 97,10±11,31in heart transplanted patients. It was detected that age, sexuality, marital status, education, transplantation time, accompanied person who helps for patient, cardiac assist device before heart transplantation and receiving information before transplantation did not affect self-care agency, but financial income affects. Conclusion: Self-care agency score was found to be low in heart transplant patients. Other factors except financial income had no influence on self-care agency. It can be suggested that qualitative researches should be performed to find out affecting factors on self-care agency among heart transplant patients. Key words: heart transplant, self care, self care agency.