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Self-Care Experiences and Influencing Factors Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Ghana: A Theory-Based

Stephen Kpekura1, Lalit Dzifa Kodzo, Gustavus Adolphus Myers-Hansen

  • 1Author Affiliations: School of Nursing and Health Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China (Drs Kpekura, Kodzo, and Yan); The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China (Drs Kpekura and Yan); General and Preventive Health Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Box 24, Navrongo, Ghana (Dr Kpekura and Mr Adombire); Department of Biological Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana (Mr Myers-Hansen); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China (Dr Myers-Hansen); War Memorial Hospital, P. O. Box 34, Navrongo, Ghana (Ms Yiryuo); and Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Box TL-222, Tamale, Ghana (Mr Afiipungu).

ANS. Advances in Nursing Science
|July 9, 2026
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