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Study aim
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The purpose of this study is to improve the self-concept of children with nephrotic syndrome through conceptual mapping and feedback-based educational methods, which will lead to an increase in the child's adaptation to her/his illness and quality of life.
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Design
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A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, a blind strain, randomized, with a sample size of 70 patients, a simple method was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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The purpose of this research is to provide educational content to deal with problems in order to improve self-concept, which in turn improves health. The location of the study is Akbar Children's Nephrology Clinic and Dr. Sheikh Mashhad, and the method of conducting the study is four 45-minute individual sessions. These training sessions are in the form of lectures (feedback) depending on the child's placement in the intervention or control groups. axis) or written and visual (conceptual maps). This research is one-sided blind and the statistical analyst will analyze the data without knowing the study groups.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Children enter the study according to the criteria of entry and exit
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Intervention groups
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Intervention groups: the first group: self-care training using concept maps, the second group: self-care training using feedback-based method, both intervention groups during 4 days and 4 45-minute individual sessions, the necessary training in the field of self-care and self-concept improvement according to the type The group will receive (concept map, feedback-based), so that at the end, the effectiveness of each of the educational methods on improving self-concept will be measured.
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Main outcome variables
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On the fourth day of VSM, after the training, the self-concept questionnaire of Pirzaharis will be completed, checked and recorded by the researcher by asking the children under study.