Prevalence and factors associated with itching in hemodialysis patients and its influence on their health related quality of life and sleep
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039143
- Lead Sponsor
- Deeksha
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged >18 years on Maintenance hemodialysis for > 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients on peritoneal dialysis.
Skin diseases other than uremic pruritus.
AKI patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of uremic pruritus among maintenance hemodialysis patients in a tertiary care hospital <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 week <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect on Health related Quality of Life (SKINDEX-10 score)Timepoint: 1 week;Frequency of risk factorsTimepoint: 1 week;Intensity of uremic pruritus - (12 Point PSS score)Timepoint: 1 week;Sleep Quality (Itch MOS (of sleep) score)Timepoint: 1 week