Chronic renal failure. Kidney damage with moderately decreased GFR (30-59 mL/min)
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: For intervention group Aloe vera gel will be used 2times in a day for 1 month: 1)?First time in day after hemodialysis 2)Second time befor night sleep. Intervention
Treatment - Drugs
Intervention group: For intervention group Aloe vera gel will be used 2times in a day for 1 month: 1)?First time in day after hemodialysis 2)Second time befor night sleep.
Control group: Control group will be receive routine cares and no specific drugs.
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for research of Arak University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: a desire to participate in the study, at least 3 months of hemodialysis, continuous hemodialysis three times a week, a history of itching for at least 2 weeks, no disease causing itching (according to the doctor), a full awareness, lack of physical disability or a mental illness known as severe anxiety and depression, lack of anti-itch drugs. Exclusion criteria: Patients who for any reason do not wish to continue participating in the study, if the patient uses anti itch medications during the intervention .
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The severity of itch. Timepoint: Initiation of intervention and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: (5-D Pruritus scale). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAzam Malek Hoseini
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed