Potential categories of self-regulatory fatigue in maintenance hemodialysis patients and their relationships with self-management
Objective To explore the potential categories of self-regulatory fatigue among main-tenance hemodialysis patients and their relationships with self-management.Methods A total of 502 maintenance hemodialysis patients in Lanzhou were surveyed using a general information question-naire,a Self-Regulatory Fatigue Scale,and a Self-Management Scale for Hemodialysis Patients.Potential profile analysis was conducted on self-regulatory fatigue,and its relationship with self-man-agement was explored.Results Based on their self-regulatory fatigue status,maintenance hemodial-ysis patients could be categorized into four potential groups:low self-regulatory fatigue group(5.0%),moderate self-regulatory fatigue group(49.2%),high self-regulatory fatigue group(13.9%),and high cognitive regulatory fatiguegroup(31.9%).Gender,education level,and monthly per capita family income were identified as influencing factors for the potential categories of self-regulatory fatigue.Significant differences were observed in the total self-management scores a-mong patients belonging to different potential categories of self-regulatory fatigue(F=50.617,P<0.001).Conclusion Maintenance hemodialysis patients can be classified into four potential catego-ries of self-regulatory fatigue,with patients in the low self-regulatory fatigue group demonstrating high-er levels of self-management.Reducing the level of self-regulatory fatigue can contribute to enhancing patients'self-management capabilities.