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Self-Advocacy and Care Transition Readiness Among Adolescents With Chronic and End-Stage Kidney Diseases

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Background: Assessing self-advocacy and transition readiness is an integral part of any transition plan for adolescents with chronic conditions to ensure a successful transition to adult healthcare and positive health outcomes. In adolescents with chronic and end-stage kidney diseases, this assessment is of exceptional importance because of the complexity of the treatment and care process. Purpose: To assess self-advocacy skills and care transition readiness among adolescents with chronic and end-stage kidney diseases. Design: A descriptive study was conducted on 105 adolescents with chronic and end-stage kidney diseases at the hemodialysis unit and nephrology outpatient clinic in the pediatric university hospital (Zagazig University Hospitals). Instruments; An interview questionnaire, the patient self-advocacy scale, and the transition readiness assessment questionnaire. Results: It was found that more than two-thirds of the studied adolescents with chronic and end-stage kidney diseases had low total self-advocacy skills and nearly three-fifths of them had low readiness for transition from pediatric to adult health care. A highly statistically significant positive correlation was found between total self-advocacy skills and total transition readiness of the studied adolescents. Conclusions: Adolescents with chronic and end-stage kidney diseases had low self-advocacy skills and low readiness for transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Moreover, self-advocacy skills and transition readiness were positively correlated. Recommendations: Comprehensive transition programs with structured transition planning, transition education, support, family involvement, and regular assessments to evaluate readiness and adjust the plan as needed should be implemented.

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10.21608/menj.2024.386828

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Adolescents, chronic kidney diseases, End-stage kidney diseases, self-advocacy, Transition readiness

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Eman

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Abo-Elela

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Mahmoud

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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Dalia

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El-Shiekh

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El-Said

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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deelsheikh@nursing.zu.edu.eg

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Faten

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Elsawah

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Mostafa

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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fmsawah@nursing.zu.edu.eg

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Miada

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Ali

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Mohamed

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Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.

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mmalli@nursing.zu.edu.eg

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9

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4

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51047

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2024-10-01

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2024-10-17

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2024-10-01

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43

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65

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2735-3974

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2735-3982

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Menoufia Nursing Journal

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Self-Advocacy and Care Transition Readiness Among Adolescents With Chronic and End-Stage Kidney Diseases

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26 Dec 2024