The Effects of Motivational Interviewing on the Health Status of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.

Background: Patients undergoing hemodialysis are exposed to a wide range of physical, psychological, and social problems. One of the most important strategies for health promotion in patients is motivational interviewing. This study investigated the effect of motivational interviewing on the health status of patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Body-Image Disturbance: A Comparative Study among Haemodialysis and Kidney Transplant Patients.

Introduction: As a chronic disease, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) changes the patients' body and affects their body image negatively. Although the changes in body image are expected in all types of renal replacement therapies, different renal replacement therapy methods could represent different levels of impact on body image.

Aim: Present study was conducted to examine and compare the level of body-image disturbance between haemodialysis and kidney transplant patients.