end- stage renal disease.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Acupressure intervention for 4 weeks, 3 sessions per week for 15 minutes. Intervention 2: Control group: no intervention.
Treatment - Other
Intervention group: Acupressure intervention for 4 weeks, 3 sessions per week for 15 minutes
Control group: no intervention
Sponsors
Research Office of Ahvaz Jondishapour University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: ESRD patients who complain of sleep disturbance, age 18–65 years, Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for at least three months, no upper or lower extremities amputation, stable mental status with no dementia, ability to communicate Exclusion criteria: dialysis complications which require immediate intervention, presence of debilitating physical or mental illness and other diseases that compromise the ability to answer the questions, presence of major chronic diseases such as cancer or lupus erythematosus, presence of diabetic neuropathy, transfer the patient to intensive care units, surgery, infection, or bleeding during the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sleep quality. Timepoint: One week before and after completion of the intervention Acupressure. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohsen Hoshmand
Faculty of Nursing, Ahvaz Jundishapur Univercity of Medical Sciences ,
Outcome results
None listed