Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

The study aims to determine the effectiveness of an education program on hemodialysis patient's toward alleviate of itching and to find out the association between the effect of an education program and patient's demographic characteristics of age, education level, and gender. A quasi-experimental study design one study group (pretest-posttest) carried out at hemodialysis unit in AL-Hussein hospital teaching in AL-Nasiriyah city to identify Effectiveness of an Education Health Program on patients’ Knowledge toward alleviate of itching. The present research started from the10^th of October 2017 to the 29^th of May 2018. The sample (80) patients who are undergoing hemodialysis. The findings of the study indicated that patients have poor knowledge in pretest. But post evaluation revealed good level of knowledge among hemodialysis patients toward alleviation of itching. The program reflects effects on patients’ knowledge. There were no statistical significant association between patients'knowledge and their demographic characteristics Conclusion: There was no statistical significant association between patients’ knowledge and their demographic characteristics. The study demonstrated that there was poor patients’ knowledge at hemodialysis unit toward alleviation of itching before application program in pretest and good practices in posttest.