End stage renal failure. Chronic kidney disease, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: humor therapy is a type of Complementary and alternative treatments. Three methods of treatment in the intervention group are comedy clips, fun games with awards an
Sponsors
Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Aged between 18 to 65 years History of hemodialysis more than 6 months Hemodialysis three times a week Patients with dialysis charts in the hemodialysis centers and regular referring to the centers Absent of disability or chronic disease
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Recruited patients exclude if they voluntarily chose to withdraw from the study patients exclude if they incompletely filled out study questionnaire patients exclude if they hospitalize in hospital patients exclude if they underwent kidney transplant surgery during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue and anxiety in hemodialysis patients. Timepoint: before and 4 week after intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue severity scale (FSS) and Spillberger's anxiety scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactNarjes Heshmatifar
Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed