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Investigation of aromatherapy and foot reflexology on fatigue and daily life activities of hemodialysis patients

A comparative study of the effect of aromatherapy with geranium essential oil and foot reflexology on fatigue and daily life activities of hemodialysis patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20150704023044N4
Enrollment
90
Registered
2023-02-19
Start date
2023-05-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-03-13

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Conditions

Condition 1: FATIGUE. Condition 2: ADL.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Intervention group: reflexology--This research has been approved by the ethics committee of Dezful University of Medical Sciences with the code IR.DUMS.REC.1398.03

Sponsors

Dezfoul University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients between the ages of 18 and 60 who have been diagnosed with chronic renal failure by a kidney specialist, hemodialysis patients who have been treated with hemodialysis for at least 3 months and undergo hemodialysis in one of these mentioned centers. 2. Patients who complain of fatigue and with a visual scale of fatigue intensity, have a fatigue score equal to or greater than 5. 3. Patients who have a hemoglobin level of more than 9 g/dL and a hematocrit of more than 30% 4. Patients who do not have wounds or fractures in the points. be in a condition to be able to participate in the research and answer the questionnaire. 5. The patient has not used any other complementary medicine treatment in the last three months. 6. Not using sedatives in the last 4 hours. 7. Not having burn disorders Skin diseases on the feet and infectious wounds 8. Having a healthy sense of smell. 9. Not having an allergy to the studied extract

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have one or both legs cut off. 2.The patient has not had any acute psychiatric problems in the past 6 months. 3.Patients with chronic heart failure stage 3 and 4 according to ACC / AHA criteria 4.Patients treated with steroids Type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic neuropathy. 5.Patients with disabilities Pregnant patients 6.Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Visual fatigue severity score: Each item is graded from zero to 10, with a score of zero (no fatigue), a score of 3-1 = mild fatigue, 6-4 = moderate fatigue, and 10-7 = severe fatigue, and this scale Before entering the study, patients are given and if they have a score of 5 on this visual scale, they enter the study and the Piper fatigue scale is used for all people who entered the study. Piper fatigue scale: has 27 items and 4 After mental fatigue, which includes behavioral, emotional, sensory, and cognitive dimensions. The behavioral dimension that has 6 items and the question 7-2, the emotional dimension has 5 items and the question 12-8, the sensory dimension has 5 items and the question 17-13 and the cognitive dimension that has 6 items and the question 23-18 scale It will review and calculate a total of 22 items of the overall scale score, 5 additional items that include numbers 1 and 24 to 27 will not be used to calculate the subs scale score and the overall fatigue scale score, and will be used to evaluate descriptive data. Each item is graded from zero to 10, with a score of zero (no fatigue), a score of 3-1 = mild fatigue, 6-4 = moderate fatigue, and 10-7 = severe fatigue. This scale will be given to all patients once before the start of the intervention and one week after the end of the 5 WEEK to determine the severity of the fatigue. Timepoint: The results will be measured at the beginning of the study and the fifth weekend. Method of measurement: Piper Fatigue Questionnaire :It has 27 items and 4 after mental exhaustion including behavioral, emotional, sensory, and cognitive aspects. Behavioral dimension with 6 items and Question 7-2, Emotional dimension with 5 items and Question 12-8, Sensory dimension with 5 items and Question 17-13 and Cognitive dimension which measures 6 items and Question 18-23 It will evaluate and calculate the total of 22 items of the overall scale score, 5 additional items including 1 and 24 to 27 not used to calculate the subs

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contactleila Kalani

Dezfoul University of Medical Sciences

leilakalani@yahoo.com+98 61 4242 2701

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026