Fatigue in Hemodialysis Patients. Care involving dialysis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Foot reflexology massage 2 times a week, each session lasting 20 minutes and 5 weeks is done by a trained researcher.In the Beginning and After the end of the third week and the fift
Foot reflexology massage 2 times a week, each session lasting 20 minutes and 5 weeks is done by a trained researcher.In the Beginning and After the end of the third week and the fifth week fatigue s
The control group received no intervention.
In the Beginning and After the end of the third week and the fifth week fatigue set the scale to be completed by control group .
Hand reflexology massage 2 times a week, each session lasting 20 minutes and 5 weeks is done by a trained researcher.In the Beginning and After the end of the third week and the fifth week fatigue se
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: age at least 18 years old and at least 6 months of dialysis; willingness to participate in this study; being on the list and do the weekly dialysis three times a week, each time for 3 or 4 hours of hemodialysis; having full awareness, listening and speaking ability acceptable to answer questions; to develop a degree of fatigue on the Fatigue Severity Scale; lack of fever and bleeding and thrombosis, numbness or paralysis of the limbs. Exclusion criteria: in case of the any of these conditions during the study, the unit of study will be excluded: patients died during the study; transplantation during the study; any condition in which the patient's foot or hand reflexology massage; did not cooperate with the investigator during study and hemodynamic instability during hemodialysis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue reduces the hand and foot reflexology massage. Timepoint: Before the intervention, the end of the third week, the fifth week. Method of measurement: Fatigue Questionnaire (Fss). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSayyed Abdolmotallab Hassani
Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery,Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed